[endorphine]

> I beg to differ...I have a feeling the needle will indeed move, but it won't be a single big jolt. [...]

Then it seems you're not disagreeing with parent: they're saying "needle barely moved", you're saying "it will move".

They're talking about the present; you're talking about the future.

[bigstrat2003]

Technically, the parent is saying "the needle barely moved, therefore it will never move appreciably in the future".