• qyron
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    10 months ago

    That is a measure of distance, not time.

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      10 months ago

      that’s why he said: light years away

      as in: there is still a great amount of distance Orban thinks Ukraine needs to cover before they converge with the EU admissions acceptability criteria

      God, I can’t believe I just had to defend Orban

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        10 months ago

        “Years away” is also a phrase, honestly it could easily be either and it takes more of a stretch to read it like you did than as a mistake.

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        10 months ago

        Most people consider light years a measure of time, not distance.