Yeah… Same thing happens when you want to claim something is biggest, fastest, or whatever. Usually, you can’t say something as short as “this is the the longest bridge”. Instead, you have to add all sorts of extra details, like “longest composite girder road bridge in [insert_country]” If you compare it with suspension bridges, rail bridges or check what neighboring countries have built, suddenly it’s not that impressive any more. Keeping it snappy tends to be at at odds with the facts.
You might not bd able to lead a horse to water, but if it already happens to be near water, you won’t need to force it to drink.
Admittedly not quite as snappy as the factually inaccurate original 😁
Yeah… Same thing happens when you want to claim something is biggest, fastest, or whatever. Usually, you can’t say something as short as “this is the the longest bridge”. Instead, you have to add all sorts of extra details, like “longest composite girder road bridge in [insert_country]” If you compare it with suspension bridges, rail bridges or check what neighboring countries have built, suddenly it’s not that impressive any more. Keeping it snappy tends to be at at odds with the facts.