I don't think I was very pedantic. Certainly lost forever versus *likely* lost forever isn't the same thing, protocol speaking. There might be a time in a hundred years perhaps, that these seemingly lost bitcoins are brought into circulation. 

Furthermore, the consideration that 1111111111111111111114oLvT2 is a burning address is arbitrary. The specific address has the same chances to be generated as any other address. The fact that it looks weird doesn't change that fact.

AngeloMetal

OP is likely rounding up from "almost certainly lost forever" to "certainly lost forever" just like

bitcoin

There are at least 3,034 bitcoins certainly lost forever as of 2022

nullama

OP is likely rounding up from "almost certainly lost forever" to "certainly lost forever" just like 
- every hodler rounds up from "almost certainly no one will guess my private key"
- and like you rounded up from slightly inaccurate to "misinformation"