TVgog56789@lemy.lol to People Twitter · edit-29 months agoElon Musk condemns the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) used in general elections in some countries.lemy.lolimagemessage-square177fedilinkarrow-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 · edit-29 months agomessage-square177fedilink
minus-squareBlueFootedPeteylinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoWe should retire the idiom because people are using it as intended and everyone understands it as intended?
minus-squareDrewelite@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 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.