22nd
December
2012
Inappropriate use of hyperbole
Each time I read or hear that something is stronger than something else, I ask the obvious question. How do you know? Take, as an example, a documentary that tells us the explosion of an asteroid in the atmosphere is stronger than all the nuclear explosions ever detonated. How do you know? I didn’t see that on Mythbusters. Maybe the use of hyperbole makes sense when you are wooing a mate, or convincing the bank manager of your solvency. In the case of exploding asteroids, not so much.
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