'This is why we can't have nice things', which is what my comment (and likely the article title) was referencing, is an idiomatic, not a literal, expression [1]

'This is why we can't have nice things', which is what my comment (and likely the article title) was referencing, is an idiomatic, not a literal, expression [1]. [1] https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/this+is+why+we+can%27t+have+nice+things https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/this+is+why+we+can%27t+...