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by orwin 44 days ago
I mean, just don't lie and make outlandish and idiotic claim then. If the claim was "most unit sold since 2020", no one would've bat an eye.
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Well, I raised an eyebrow at the claim that "The Toyota RAV4 is a very popular vehicle in terms of units sold worldwide over the last few years" as it just does not match what I see on the roads locally on a daily basis.

(There are tons of RAVs as yellow taxis in NYC though. That's the only place that I've seen them swarm)

But it is a defensible claim, and apparently globally it's true, even if locally it is not.

Its literally the best selling car these days and it’s a well known fact. That you didnt know speaks to your bubble
Don't knock people for not knowing stuff. We can always look it up and learn, and that's a good thing. No-one lives outside of a "bubble".

But in order to do so, the claim has to be presented in a coherent way, otherwise you'll check something else, such as here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48005822