Can achievements be retroactively triggered?

I'm crossposting this from the other achievement sub bc I'm not sure what the difference is between the two. I'm posting to these subs to find commiseration and solidarity mostly. Not sure if people do that on here.

I only found out about achievements today after having been on Reddit for 6 years. Apparently they were implemented in 2024, but seemingly don't trigger retroactively. Is this true, or is there a way around it?

I once left a comment that received something like 22 thousand up votes in the AskReddit sub, but that was before 2024. I do not have the Captivating Comment award, and for some reason, I can't even find that comment in my history. I can't find that post in AskReddit. I've only ever had one Reddit account until last year. I've read you can interact with old posts and sometimes trigger the award, but I fear that post was deleted.

This is a bit upsetting because there ain't no way I'm ever leaving a comment that popular again lol. I want my fake internet points 😔. Anyone else have an experience like this?