In fairness to the person you are responding to[1], the numbers were probably true 5 years ago, sort of true 3 years ago and only seem completely off in the las

In fairness to the person you are responding to[1], the numbers were probably true 5 years ago, sort of true 3 years ago and only seem completely off in the last 2 years. [1] I find the term OP to be ambivalent. Like is it the original poster of the whole thread or the original poster you are responding to?