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ashittyhaikuappeared t1_jbpftme wrote

Reply to comment by OutOfStamina in When The LAPD Blows Up Your Neighborhood (2023) the lapd mishandles a ton of fireworks [00:18:50] by Oh_Fuck_Naw

Which is a missile

Not a bomb

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OutOfStamina t1_jbpg19k wrote

A missile is a powered bomb?

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Bdsman64 t1_jbq6qqx wrote

A missile is an object which is forcibly propelled at a target, either by hand or from a mechanical weapon.

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OutOfStamina t1_jbq79tn wrote

True (ie, arrows aren't bombs but are missiles). And I wondered if someone would mention this when I said the German Shepard thing.

It's also true that some missile are bombs, and some aren't. So far, we're talking about the ones that blow up. Of all missiles that are bombs, they're bombs (which is tautological).

No one claimed they dropped missiles that weren't bombs. Which... is kind of a case in point for the entire (totally absurd, lol) argument.

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ashittyhaikuappeared t1_jbpgh0o wrote

Goddamnit, how obtuse do you people have to be?

A bomb is either stationary or dropped. A missile is a powered explosive device that flies, under power, from one place to another (it does not solely fall).

You know what the fuck I mean. No normal English speaking human would call a missile a bomb. If English is not your primary language, we’ll, tough shit. We’re speaking English now and adhering to customs of English communication. A bomb is placed or dropped. A missile flies.

Full stop.

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OutOfStamina t1_jbpoj4x wrote

It's like coming in to argue that a german shepard isn't a dog anymore once he attains german shepard status.

I'm not the one being obtuse.

Either the word "bomb" means a superset group that includes a subgroup set called "missiles", or it's not. I didn't start this pedantic thread with a snarky comment about the idea of a bomb going skyward pretending missiles aren't bombs for no reason.

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ashittyhaikuappeared t1_jbptxx0 wrote

Oh get stuffed. Idiot.

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ashittyhaikuappeared t1_jbpv4ce wrote

Because EVERY motherfucker in this country knows that a bomb is something you drop and a missile is something that is self-propelled. I don’t give a good goddamn if one is within the vent diagram of the other - you’re the one engaged in a stupid pedantic argument.

So, kindly go piss up a rope.

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surfer_ryan t1_jbq6dzt wrote

I mean for someone so concerned over the exact meaning of words... you should probably know it's a venn diagram...

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