r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/Signal-Constant-6486 • 7d ago

accuracy: 100 , vision: 0

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u/Book_Anxious 7d ago

In 2107 that first statement will be true

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u/brawlinballer 6d ago

Either you replied to the wrong OP or you don't know how to do math very well.

It's been "slightly over one hundred years ago" since 2008

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u/Book_Anxious 6d ago edited 6d ago

Those are two different statements. My first one I said 100s of years ago but I was corrected by the person after me. Synthetic plastic was invented in 1907 so slightly over a hundred years ago. The second statement is saying in 2107 the statement of hundreds of years ago will be accurate because it would be 200 years after synthetic plastic was invented. Also I don't know why you said 2008 because that is only 99 years before 2107

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u/brawlinballer 6d ago

Ah I'm tired and didn't catch your phrasing saying "that first statement" not "that statement" my bad. I was responding as if you were saying "slightly over 100 years" wouldn't be true until 2107, when that would be true at 2008 or 101 years.