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Oh god. You think I haven't seen this? I swear, the Internet is doomed. All what kids can do now is copy/paste stupid phrases and feel good about it because the
by jafaku 13y ago
Oh god. You think I haven't seen this? I swear, the Internet is doomed. All what kids can do now is copy/paste stupid phrases and feel good about it because they are in Wikipedia, and also get approval from other kids who don't know better.
"Many journalists have fallen for the conspiracy theory of government. I do assure you that they would produce more accurate work if they adhered to the cock-up theory."
How's that holding nowadays? What a useful phrase!
Besides, there's also this variation:
"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity, but don't rule out malice."
But it doesn't sound as smart to little kids, and it doesn't simplify your life by letting you skip all the thinking, right?
- anigbrowl 13y agoWhen I was younger I was much more confident of my ability to discern other people's motives and make absolutist moral judgments. Now that I'm in my 40s, I've come to realize that many of those youthful judgments were quite mistaken.