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0 pointsTurdF3rguson2mo ago0 comments

Right but clearly 5% is still much closer to the ground than it is to the sky. Not that ground-rocketed makes any more sense because it doesn't.

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Zhyl2mo ago· 1 in thread

Things can skyrocket whilst being relatively small compared to other things.

TurdF3rgusonOP2mo ago

It creates semantic dissonance. There's nothing wrong with saying it doubled to 5% which is much more informative anyway.

PurpleRamen2mo ago

Skyrocketing in this context is a fast steep rise, moving fast toward the sky; so it's about relative height in a specific timeframe, not absolute height. I mean, nobody would say Windows is skyrocketing, because it already is the sky (here).

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