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“Any community that gets its laughs by pretending to be idiots will eventually be flooded by actual idiots who mistakenly believe that they're in good company.”
by twiceaday 3y ago
“Any community that gets its laughs by pretending to be idiots will eventually be flooded by actual idiots who mistakenly believe that they're in good company.” - Earnest Hemingway
- PoignardAzur 3y agoEarliest source I've found for this quote is a 2009 HN discussion. (And indeed, it seems like a very internet-ish kind of quote.) But yeah, sounds about right.
- l33t7332273 3y agoIt really is an internetish quote. How many communities got their laughs by pretending to be idiots in the days of Hemingway?
- satvikpendem 3y agoIt's simply a variation on Poe's Law, which origin is from 2005.
- wlonkly 3y agoI thought that quote was from the Buddha. (Well, he said "Any sangha..." but still.)