I thought I started out fine. I'm not trying to kick shit up. The other person said "That you don't know other big numbers?" so I responded with the same tone.
Isn't mitigating biases change?
It appears that you took christiankl's comment to be an inflammatory tone. C could have said better things, and that's up to him to be better in the future too.
Ask a side point - this is how a traditional flame war starts.
"There's no other number comparable to it." (hyperbole)
"What is this supposed to mean? That you don't know other big numbers?" (challenge)
"Oh come on." (objection)
A shortcut to discussion here is that it has very little of the hyperbole on either side. He might be giving you shit for the hyperbole but h...
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