• F/15/Cali@threads.net@sh.itjust.works
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    13 days ago

    I’d give it respect as a saying if it hadn’t been adopted by republicans as a means of putting down society at large. The Apple doesn’t fall across the bridge when it gets to it.

    Also, I do measure twice. But I also cut three times because I’m terrible with electric saws and I need the practice.

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      13 days ago

      That’s stupid. Republicans will miscontrue and torture any expression if it lets them shit on others.

      Just look at “right to work”, or all the BS they’ve spouted against universal healthcare since long before Trump et. al…

      If you let lying cheating monsters define everything, OFC most of it isn’t going to be true.

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        13 days ago

        You’re welcome to fight the treadmill of American language and associations to attempt to reclaim a saying that I personally view as limiting. Sounds like a huge undertaking, but it seems like it really matters to you. I’m rooting for you.

        I’ll never cede ymca as a straight song, but a poorly thought out saying, I can’t care.

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          13 days ago

          Then keep allowing shitty people to ruin things like you seem to want to do. It’s the American way, after all.