• Tolstoshev@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    It was ever thus:

    A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

    Winston Churchill

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      8 months ago

      lol it’s “boots,” but I like pants better. Makes the truth seem so much cooler ‘cause it was fuuuuuuuuuckin

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        8 months ago

        See, even quotes with errors in them get upvoted before someone can come along and correct them :)

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          8 months ago

          Ah, so one of those clever case-in-point lemmy comments. Very clever. Your plan was masterful