TVgog56789@lemy.lol to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · edit-26 months agoElon Musk condemns the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) used in general elections in some countries.lemy.lolimagemessage-square179fedilinkarrow-up1309arrow-down148
arrow-up1261arrow-down1imageElon Musk condemns the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) used in general elections in some countries.lemy.lolTVgog56789@lemy.lol to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · edit-26 months agomessage-square179fedilink
minus-squareBlueFootedPetey@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agoWe should retire the idiom because people are using it as intended and everyone understands it as intended?
minus-squareDrewelite@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·6 months agoI 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.
We should retire the idiom because people are using it as intended and everyone understands it as intended?
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.