Nitpicking, but I don’t really think that was worth a comment.
I think it's fair enough? The discrepancy between a few years and 17 months is outside the realm of ordinary casual imprecision, so it seems like the author made a mistake one way or the other. I'm kind of curious now about how long it really took, and whether they just made a typo or the last year and a half felt like years to them.
What’s wrong with making a comment? It’s not like there’s a limited supply of them. If you don’t find a comment interesting you can just ignore it, no harm done.
Because I had to read it and it wasted my time. I (and I imagine most users here) don’t always read every single comment, so the inane ones actually do reduce the number of good comments we get to see.
Thank you for educating me. Obviously your insightful comments don’t waste anyone’s time.