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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

It does appear in the body of the article but in what I read as a positive usage

the New Horizons spacecraft that aced a close approach with Pluto while sending back fantastical images of the otherworldly orb and its moons

But adding it to the title does seem to make it into a derogatory use.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    fair point, i did not catch that, but it is still not the same.

    you can argue that the images sent back remind you of some tolkien illustrations, the same argument is significantly harder to make about "fantastical nasa mission". or maybe the forbes author just doesn't care about nuances πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

    i still think that OP's edit is journalistic eh... reposting malpractice πŸ˜†

    i'll leave this here for anyone willing to dive into the rabbit hole - https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/417796/fantastic-and-fantastical

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