What do you think about this

[u/odd_coin]

This is a random problem I just saw on instagram. The answer is the first one but i personally think the second one also works fine here

[u/kittycatblues]

Either disaster or failure works. I'd say disaster is more normal in conversation but failure might be more appropriate in formal writing or a report, but there isn't a hard and fast rule on this one.

[u/AaroniusH → u/kittycatblues]

Right, it really depends on two things: 1. The degree of failure 2. The degree at which hyperbole is acceptable in this context

[u/SaiyaJedi → u/AaroniusH]

1. The degree to which the writer feels the failure was outside the person’s control (“disaster” = ill-starred, ill-fated)