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[–] HairyHarry@lemmy.world 21 points 7 months ago* (3 children)

To their defence: Maybe they thought this was a real quote JFK actually said, and not a tweet from the 60s.

Harry's Razor:

Never attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by misunderstanding.

[–] Zorcron@piefed.zip 10 points 7 months ago (1 child)

Or maybe they were joking

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[–] HairyHarry@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

Or this conversation never happened or both are the same human/bot.

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[–] Tja@programming.dev 1 point 7 months ago

The quote is often said as "stupidity" or "incompetence". Which could very well be the case here.

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[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 1 point 7 months ago*

I wonder if Hanlon shaved with Harry's Razors?

Hanlon's razor is "Never attribute to malice any action that can be attributed to stupidity." And it keeps me going some days

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