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I get the sense that this decade will play host to weeks where decades happen. I am not excited. After all, "May you live in interesting times" is a curse, not
by jonathanliu 6y ago
I get the sense that this decade will play host to weeks where decades happen.
I am not excited. After all, "May you live in interesting times" is a curse, not a blessing.
- hanniabu 6y ago> I get the sense that this decade will play host to weeks where decades happen. What do you mean by this? That what usually would occur in decades would now occur in weeks?
- bfuclusion 6y agoIts an expression in (American) English that means that the amount of change (or number of significant events) in the week was equivalent to a decade in other times.
- perl4ever 6y agoThe original appears to be: "Есть десятилетия, когда ничего не происходит; и бывают недели, когда происходят десятилетия"
- wmeredith 6y agoIt’s referencing a quote by Lenin: “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” -Vladimir Ilyich Lenin