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I actually find this talking point so braindead that, to this day, I still have a hard time believing that people genuinely believe it. (lemmy.ml)
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[โ€“] Blackmist@feddit.uk 47 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A wise man once said "Any community that gets its laughs by pretending to be idiots will eventually be flooded by actual idiots who mistakenly believe that they're in good company."

[โ€“] ICastFist@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago

Makes me think of the "fake it 'til you make it" saying. Guess the "pretending to be an idiot" folk end up becoming idiots from all the faking they did.