> The CAP argument falls apart as soon as you decouple consistency from wall-clocks
Hogwash
Five friends are seated at a restaurant, about to agree on a flavour of pizza via a simple majority quorum. Before they do so, the three girls excuse themselves to the restroom while the two boys remain at the table. The waiter arrives and asks what flavour pizza they'll have.
Do the two boys answer on behalf of all five friends, or do they wait for the girls to return?
No-one checked their own watch.