Some people may simply have been nerd-sniped, but the OP does seem to present the air conditioner thing as a real piece of evidence, not just a shallow illustrative analogy. When they get literal at the end, they say:
admittedly I did not actually learn everything I need to know about takeoff speeds just from air conditioner ratings on Amazon. It took a lot of examples in different industries.
Also, given that the example was presented with such high confidence, and took up a significant portion of a post that was otherwise only moderately detailed, I don’t think it’s unreasonable for people’s confidence in the poster and the post to drop if the example turns out to be built on a misunderstanding.
(I’m not suggesting the OP was right or wrong, I have no object-level knowledge here.)
Some people may simply have been nerd-sniped, but the OP does seem to present the air conditioner thing as a real piece of evidence, not just a shallow illustrative analogy. When they get literal at the end, they say:
Also, given that the example was presented with such high confidence, and took up a significant portion of a post that was otherwise only moderately detailed, I don’t think it’s unreasonable for people’s confidence in the poster and the post to drop if the example turns out to be built on a misunderstanding.
(I’m not suggesting the OP was right or wrong, I have no object-level knowledge here.)