Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoELI5 Why are most Americans news outlets keep saying we are flying to the moon? When in all actuality we are flying around it?message-squaremessage-square57linkfedilinkarrow-up183
arrow-up183message-squareELI5 Why are most Americans news outlets keep saying we are flying to the moon? When in all actuality we are flying around it?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square57linkfedilink
minus-squareGameOverFlow@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·6 days agoI was at the grand canyon. I was at the edge of it and looked down into it. Was I at the grand canyon or not?
minus-squareMidnight Wolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-26 days agoI’d say you looked into it, but not visited it. “I saw the grand canyon”
minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·6 days agoMow much of the canyon do you need to explore before it counts?
minus-squareMidnight Wolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoAnything below the edge, really. Like a 3D map where the level of detail increases since you are inside the area.
minus-squareiegod@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoHow far up your friend’s ass do you have to be to say you visited them? The official mw entry lists seeing. You may want to recalibrate your interpretation.
minus-squareMidnight Wolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoI’m fwb with most of my friends, so the answer to your questions will not be the answer you want :P And uh, your second sentence agrees with me…?
I was at the grand canyon. I was at the edge of it and looked down into it. Was I at the grand canyon or not?
You were
I’d say you looked into it, but not visited it.
“I saw the grand canyon”
Mow much of the canyon do you need to explore before it counts?
Anything below the edge, really. Like a 3D map where the level of detail increases since you are inside the area.
How far up your friend’s ass do you have to be to say you visited them?
The official mw entry lists seeing. You may want to recalibrate your interpretation.
I’m fwb with most of my friends, so the answer to your questions will not be the answer you want :P
And uh, your second sentence agrees with me…?