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The second or third most popular language of all time? God forbid lol

Popular does not mean good. Tobacco smoking is also popular.

Do you think this is clever? For a metaphor to be relevant to a discussion it has to be fitting, not just a dunk.

It’s not a metaphor. I was giving a counterexample to your implied claim that popularity is an indicator of quality.

That wasn't an implied claim because we're not discussing metrics for judging quality.

You're right. It's everyone's least-favorite gotcha. Reminds me of this:

Waiter: "How is everything?"

Customer: "Great!"

Waiter, disgusted: "Even war?"