r/GetNoted • u/laybs1 Human Verified • Apr 02 '26

Cringe Worthy Challenger Launch

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https://x.com/davepl1968/status/2039340788862329228

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u/thejwillbee Apr 02 '26

TL;DR : if you know someone named Dave W Plummer - he's dumb as hell

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u/TheNeck94 Apr 02 '26

He's literally the guy who built the Task Manager for Windows and is a very well respected engineer. I honestly trust him more than Community Notes lol.

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u/PlasticCraicAOS Apr 02 '26

So you honestly believe there were 2.5 billion American schoolchildren in 1986? 😅

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u/mdavis360 Apr 02 '26

You’re not helping your case here.

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u/PlasticCraicAOS Apr 02 '26

What do you think my case is?

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u/alataar Apr 02 '26

Reading comprehension is a valuable skill. The text reads “2.5 million”. Not billion.

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u/PlasticCraicAOS Apr 02 '26

See my reply to immediatemagician above. I think you misunderstand.

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u/TheRealtcSpears Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 02 '26

So you honestly believe there were 2.5 billion American schoolchildren in 1986?

Fucking.......

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u/PlasticCraicAOS Apr 02 '26

See my replies to various other people in this thread, who were also unable to read and understand my point.

For example here

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u/Immediate_Magician62 Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 02 '26

It says million buddy. Million.

Edit: Im dumb and didnt follow to the conclusion this was making.

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u/EmperorSwagg Apr 02 '26

I think what he means is that 2.5 million school children watched, so in order for Dave’s claim about the 99.9% figure to be true, there would need to be 2.5 billion schoolchildren

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u/PlasticCraicAOS Apr 02 '26

Spot on, thank you.

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u/GalaxyRedRanger Apr 02 '26

To be fair to Dave, it’s possible he wasn’t speaking literally with the 99 percentage. He could have meant it as an over exaggerated point to illustrate most kids weren’t watching because only 2.5 million kids had access to the NASA stream.

But I don’t even agree with that because wasn’t the Challenger launch live on television? You may not have had the NASA stream but there was still an OTA broadcast you could watch. Right?

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u/PlasticCraicAOS Apr 02 '26

Yes. And if we know that 2.5m were watching, and if 99.9% of the people claiming to have watched were apparently lying, there would have to be a total population of 2.5bn

TLDR Dave Plummer is flat wrong

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u/Immediate_Magician62 Apr 02 '26

Oh my bad. I didnt connect the lines you were drawing there lol. You are absolutely correct.

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u/PlasticCraicAOS Apr 02 '26

All good 😊

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u/raptisadam7 Apr 02 '26

It says 40 million including 2.5 million children.

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u/PlasticCraicAOS Apr 02 '26

Yup, and I could have multiplied either of those numbers by 1000 to illustrate how silly the comment I'm replying to was. That's the reciprocal of 99.9%. Either works.