Calling a website going down for a bit “destruction of real value” is technically true, but connotationally just so over the top
I wonder if you are anchoring at the wrong point of comparison here. The point is that it is technically true, as distinct from button-whose-only-function-is-to-disable-the-button. Your post reads like you worry that we are all comparing this to actual nuclear destruction, which I agree would be deeply absurd.
In my view, the stakes are being a bit of a dick. The standard is: can we all agree to not to be a bit of a dick? It’s a goofy sort of game, but we have it because of its similarity to the nuclear case: the winning move is not to play.
I wonder if you are anchoring at the wrong point of comparison here. The point is that it is technically true, as distinct from button-whose-only-function-is-to-disable-the-button. Your post reads like you worry that we are all comparing this to actual nuclear destruction, which I agree would be deeply absurd.
In my view, the stakes are being a bit of a dick. The standard is: can we all agree to not to be a bit of a dick? It’s a goofy sort of game, but we have it because of its similarity to the nuclear case: the winning move is not to play.