• _bcron@midwest.social
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    11 hours ago

    Technically yeah, colloquially no sane person would judge another for calling such a thing a tank

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      7 hours ago

      Nah, I don’t judge people for being wrong or inaccurate, particularly when the colloquial use of a term is as firmly established. Ideally, people would still know the distinction, and I’d prefer to have journalists be accurate at least, but mostly I care about knowing what’s technically correct myself. I don’t need to be a pedant, I just don’t want to be ignorant.