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Re:Regulators Shut Down Lending Platform (YC Alum) LendUp by leeoniya on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @07:17PM (#29657184)
> debt is probably one of the velociraptors.

you probably mean Utahraptor; velociraptors were rather smallish, contrary to what the movies would have you believe.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Dromie_s...

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Re:Regulators Shut Down Lending Platform (YC Alum) LendUp by TheDong on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @07:53PM (#29657461)
I think in this case velociraptor is correct. The parent comment is not talking about the real dinosaurs, but rather making an analogy to the fictional creatures in the movie, which means the terminology of the movie is correct since that's the context.

The pedantic point would be "the movie meant Utahraptor" or such, but not that the parent commenter did.

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Re:Regulators Shut Down Lending Platform (YC Alum) LendUp by mmaunder on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @08:17PM (#29657620)
Today I learned. Thanks. :-)
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