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[+] 99 points 1 year ago* (5 children)
  • [–] [S] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    It does drive me crazy how people butcher that expression.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Right up there with pulling oneself up by their bootstraps, which was coined to make fun of rich fucks thinking this was somehow possible.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Adding on "The customer is always right".

    People often forget the next few words which are "in matters of taste".

    In which case, yes, absolutely. If a paying customer wants a well done steak with ketchup, sure. Or if they want some ugly clothing. Hell yeah, as long as they're paying.

    It's not an excuse to act like an entitled asshole.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    "..the barrel." Apples don't come in bunches, but at the time the saying was coined they were carted around like that. (Also it only took one, not a few.)

    (I suppose the modern version is "one nazi spoils the bar.")

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