▲ 830 ▼ Lindsey Graham Dead at 71 (www.newsweek.com) submitted 2 weeks ago by Formfiller@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 162 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] CompostMaterial@lemmy.world 113 points 2 weeks ago (2 children) I have never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure. Mark Twain permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Manjushri@piefed.social 36 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) Actually, it wasn't Twain. It was Clarence Darrow who first said something very like it about 10 years after Twain's death. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] justaman123@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago* I feel like Mark Twain elbows Darrow in the afterlife every time it gets misattributed to him Edit: I feel like it's really important understand when I say this it's the Mark Twain from that tng episode times arrow where they all go in the past and meet Mark Twain and he figures out that they are spacemen permalink fedilink source parent [–] lena@gregtech.eu -4 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) So he has wished a man dead. No need to pretend to have a moral high ground for the sake of appearing "civil". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cecilkorik@piefed.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago You made a very similar joke about "hacking" like 2 comments ago so I know you already understand this is a joke. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Manjushri@piefed.social 36 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) Actually, it wasn't Twain. It was Clarence Darrow who first said something very like it about 10 years after Twain's death. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] justaman123@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago* I feel like Mark Twain elbows Darrow in the afterlife every time it gets misattributed to him Edit: I feel like it's really important understand when I say this it's the Mark Twain from that tng episode times arrow where they all go in the past and meet Mark Twain and he figures out that they are spacemen permalink fedilink source parent
[–] justaman123@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago* I feel like Mark Twain elbows Darrow in the afterlife every time it gets misattributed to him Edit: I feel like it's really important understand when I say this it's the Mark Twain from that tng episode times arrow where they all go in the past and meet Mark Twain and he figures out that they are spacemen permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lena@gregtech.eu -4 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) So he has wished a man dead. No need to pretend to have a moral high ground for the sake of appearing "civil". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cecilkorik@piefed.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago You made a very similar joke about "hacking" like 2 comments ago so I know you already understand this is a joke. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cecilkorik@piefed.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago You made a very similar joke about "hacking" like 2 comments ago so I know you already understand this is a joke. permalink fedilink source parent