yyprum comments on Japanese monks and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years. They accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset

Japanese monks and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years. They accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset (cdn.bsky.app)

submitted 7 months ago by Valnao@sh.itjust.works to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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[–] yyprum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 7 months ago (1 child)

Hmm not necessarily, accidentally has no negative implication unlike accident usually has. In this particular case the meaning of accidentally is synonym with unexpectedly or by chance.

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[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

My question was a bit rhetorical. In my opinion there is a negative connotation to accidentally in this case as well. I would personally use a different word. 👍

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