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[-] irotsoma@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago

I mean, yeah, but it's the idiom for that and is why I put it in quotes. Not all idioms make logical sense.

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The fact remains.

FYI, many modern idioms are bullshit shadows of their original phrasing, (eg. "Blood is thicker...", "Great minds...", "Birds of a feather...", etc.) and arguing that they're fine as-is smacks more of anti-intellectualism (if not outright laziness) than anything meaningful. ๐Ÿ™‡๐Ÿผโ€โ™‚๏ธ

[-] irotsoma@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago

But that's how language works. Things mean what the majority of people say they mean. Otherwise, everyone would still be using the n word because it wouldn't have a negative meaning. It's about communication, not absolute logic.

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