An astronaut is landing on the moon. For the first time, it won't be an American - eviltoast
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    7 months ago

    Yes, so we are talking about a sentence in the headline where we don’t have extra context, yet you make an sentence where it is clear the sentence is stupid based on outside context and argue it should be interpreted the other way around because otherwise we know it is stupid. Amazing logic.

    Just because I can deduce what you actually meant does not mean the sentence is correct.

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        7 months ago

        I for one don’t know how many astronauts are being sent to the moon when. And if most people do, no point writing this article, is there?

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            7 months ago

            So what? No one is saying the sentence says or implies for the first time. It just implies one person will be going this time.

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              7 months ago

              So you know the context. It doesn’t imply that, just a faulty assumption/logical fallacy.

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                7 months ago

                That is like me saying there is one pope and your takeaway is there is at least one. Yes, the sentence does not explicitly state there is only one, but it strongly implies it, just like the title.

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                  7 months ago

                  It doesn’t state it, and it’s not really important if it’s one of a few on a crew (as you would expect).

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                    7 months ago

                    That’s like someone boasting he rode the Tour de France and then claiming it is not important he rode it on a motorbike. There is a big difference between another nation reaching the moon and a foreigner hitching a ride with the Americans.

                    PS: No matter how much you try to move the goal post, I said “implies” from the start and you said it doesn’t. I ain’t falling for “it does not state it”.