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Elon Musk condemns the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) used in general elections in some countries. (lemy.lol)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[+] [email protected] -7 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Off topic, but... Can we retire this idiom? It's in this thread like 3 times and it's always used by people uncomfortable by the fact that someone they don't like made a good point.

[–] iAvicenna 6 points 6 months ago

it also exists in multiple different cultures with very different languages, so it seems it is not going away anytime soon

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

We should retire the idiom because people are using it as intended and everyone understands it as intended?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

I think people intend it to be a clever undercutting of the person they dislike. But it stopped being clever ages ago. When does something become a cliche? Because it just sounds petty now.

[–] zeppo 1 points 6 months ago

It’s not about “someone I don’t like”, it’s that this guys opinions are pretty much always beyond total shit.