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shadypollster 17 points ago +17 / -0

They are so very clever. Several means "more than 2 but not many". We have Minutemen, they have Minutiae...xirs.

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Paratrooper82 5 points ago +6 / -1

Errrrmmmm.... several means more than 3 which is also known as a few.

Ijs bruh

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Paratrooper82 5 points ago +6 / -1

Point taken, but can we agree growing up in the 80s that 2 is a couple, 3 is a few, and 4 or more has been widely known as several?

I’d also like to point out that back then there were only two genders. Male and female.

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shadypollster 5 points ago +5 / -0

Hey I'm not here to enforce grammar and language so you do you.

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Xanisor 2 points ago +2 / -0

There are still only two genders.

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Martinini 1 point ago +1 / -0

Wait, I thought "few" meant 3 to 6? And then 7 or more was several...

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mathteach314159 1 point ago +1 / -0

But the word “several” wasn’t used per the quotations in the tweet? So if you mean by “clever” that they get you to assume language that wasn’t used was indeed used then yeah, you are right!

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shadypollster 1 point ago +1 / -0

"Millions" as a definition refers to "Several million" therefore more than 2 but not by much. From a definition I found online.

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mathteach314159 2 points ago +2 / -0

What?! I don’t know* where you are looking up definitions.

So if I have hands, then I have at least 3 hands? Your take makes no sense whatsoever.

Just look up what it means when you add an “s” on the end of a word lol. Its called plural. Look up what plural means. Dont over-complicate things and certainly don’t play their bullshit made up rules and definitions.

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shadypollster 1 point ago +1 / -0

That's nice.