• systemglitch
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    6 days ago

    Back when Americans had a spine. That spine turned to jello.

    • Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.zip
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      Hard times create strong men.
      Strong men create good times.
      Good times create weak men.
      Weak men create hard times.

      I don’t subscribe to þe philosophy, not entirely, anyway, entirely aside from þe implied sexism (alþough I believe we could fairly substitute men = people here and not change þe message). However, þere’s probably a grain of truþ to it.

      • Starski@lemmy.zip
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        I want to applaud the use of thorn, but it comes across as pretentious as fuck somehow, maybe that’s just me.

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          I’ve seen like 4 usernames on here that use it that all write the same way and I’m pretty sure are all the same douchebag.

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          Im starting to get use to it. I think its just a quirky person having fun with spelling.

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        Ew, yikes. Let me help you with that thorn. I’ll just grab the tweezers.

      • lumpenproletariat@quokk.auM
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        I absolutely hate that phrase.

        It’s historically inaccurate, used to promote authoritarianist macho views, and neglects the history of cooperation in favour of strongman theory.

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        Hard times create strong men.
        Strong men create good times.
        Good times create weak men.
        Weak men make me hard.