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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by hydroptic@sopuli.xyz to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world

Edited to replace original incorrect Herzog attribution with my own version that correctly attributes the quote

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[-] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 271 points 2 months ago

Note:

He never said that. This quote is from William Pannapacker, a professor of American literature at Hope College in Holland, Michigan.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/werner-herzog-germany-quote/

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 164 points 2 months ago
[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 66 points 2 months ago
[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago
[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 13 points 2 months ago

Every time I do it; makes me laugh!

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Oh, by the way thanks for that comment the other day!

[-] WordBox@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

It's like a free ride when you've already paid AM I DOING THIS RIGHT

[-] TrueStoryBob@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

All of the boys and all of the girls are begging to if you seek Amy.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

It’s like rain, on your karma train.

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Anytime 🫶🏻

[-] MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

This is wow you remind me

[-] ReginaPhalange@lemmy.world 50 points 2 months ago
[-] Zabjam@lemm.ee 22 points 2 months ago

That's my favourite Dr. Who quote

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 7 points 2 months ago

Audibly laughed!

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

I need this as a t-shirt for the next concert I go to.

[-] Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

Huge fan of your style. This cements that even further.

[-] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 47 points 2 months ago

Ah, figures. I should know better than to post quotes without checking if they're attributed correctly

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 24 points 2 months ago

"Ah, figures. I should know better than to post quotes without checking if they're attributed correctly"

- ~~Wayne Gretzky~~

- Michael Scott

[-] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

You should probably correct it right? Like swap the image for a different Herzog quote, or change it so the image is William

[-] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

That is very doable

[-] Redruth@feddit.nl 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

keep all text, including the misattribution to werner herzog and substitute a portrait of william shatner.

[-] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago

Ah, figures. I should know better than to post quotes without checking if they’re attributed correctly

jackie chan wtf meme

Why don't you correct it then? (Eg, either delete your post, or replace the linked image with an updated one that attributes the quote correctly.)

This isn't facebook; please don't post years-old misattributed quote memes.

[-] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

Would have cost you exactly 0 € to not be a cunt, but here you are.

I didn't correct it because I was away from my computer for an extended period – the current version has a different image and is correctly attributed. I didn't delete it because then the existing conversation in the comments would have also gotten nuked, exactly the same reason the mod didn't delete it either.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

I immediately thought that doesn't sound like something Herzog would say.

[-] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's nice to imagine Werner's voice saying it though

[-] Entropywins@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

It's nice to imagine him saying anything at all...dude could brutally roast me and I'd be like that was beautiful sir.

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 3 points 2 months ago

Maybe just a third of him said that...?

[-] Lemjukes@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

So like contextually it’s a provocative statement. But it feels really weird and downright dishonest to use the cloak of ‘parody’ in this case.

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