▲ 261 ▼ Elon Musk condemns the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) used in general elections in some countries. (lemy.lol) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by TVgog56789@lemy.lol to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works 177 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) even a broken clock is correct twice a day permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Drewelite@lemmynsfw.com -7 points 2 years ago (3 children) Off topic, but... Can we retire this idiom? It's in this thread like 3 times and it's always used by people uncomfortable by the fact that someone they don't like made a good point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago it also exists in multiple different cultures with very different languages, so it seems it is not going away anytime soon permalink fedilink source parent [–] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) We should retire the idiom because people are using it as intended and everyone understands it as intended? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Drewelite@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 2 years ago I think people intend it to be a clever undercutting of the person they dislike. But it stopped being clever ages ago. When does something become a cliche? Because it just sounds petty now. permalink fedilink source parent [–] zeppo@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It’s not about “someone I don’t like”, it’s that this guys opinions are pretty much always beyond total shit. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Drewelite@lemmynsfw.com -7 points 2 years ago (3 children) Off topic, but... Can we retire this idiom? It's in this thread like 3 times and it's always used by people uncomfortable by the fact that someone they don't like made a good point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago it also exists in multiple different cultures with very different languages, so it seems it is not going away anytime soon permalink fedilink source parent [–] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) We should retire the idiom because people are using it as intended and everyone understands it as intended? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Drewelite@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 2 years ago I think people intend it to be a clever undercutting of the person they dislike. But it stopped being clever ages ago. When does something become a cliche? Because it just sounds petty now. permalink fedilink source parent [–] zeppo@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It’s not about “someone I don’t like”, it’s that this guys opinions are pretty much always beyond total shit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago it also exists in multiple different cultures with very different languages, so it seems it is not going away anytime soon permalink fedilink source parent
[–] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) We should retire the idiom because people are using it as intended and everyone understands it as intended? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Drewelite@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 2 years ago I think people intend it to be a clever undercutting of the person they dislike. But it stopped being clever ages ago. When does something become a cliche? Because it just sounds petty now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Drewelite@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 2 years ago I think people intend it to be a clever undercutting of the person they dislike. But it stopped being clever ages ago. When does something become a cliche? Because it just sounds petty now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zeppo@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It’s not about “someone I don’t like”, it’s that this guys opinions are pretty much always beyond total shit. permalink fedilink source parent