• idiomaddict@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    As with all anecdotes, it does not explain itself, but I can explain this one: repetition.

    I don’t think that was really in question though and both you and the other person have already responded genuinely, which makes this interaction less fun than I was intending, because I had hoped my anecdote would be taken as the joke it was.

    Them’s the breaks over text sometimes.

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      3 hours ago

      I can explain this one: repetition.

      Several of them did not believe me even after went through a couple examples.

      :-/

      Again, nothing in this story explains why calculators are to blame. If anything, it illustrates how calculators are useful.

      • idiomaddict@lemmy.world
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        3 hours ago

        Several times vs several thousand times makes a difference 🤷

        But hey, take it as a point for you if you want! Calculators are useful.