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Old Jun 06, 2025, 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by stopdog View Post
I am sure that ATAT can give a quote from some ancient greek or roman or macedonian that expresses this. It seems to be human nature to think our corruption is different.
Sure, right there in the Iliad, 2700 years old. Probably something in the Epic of Gilgamesh, 1000 years before the Iliad, too.

In other news, I’ve discovered a malapropism squared. You know how people say “peak your interest” when it should be pique? So now people know enough to know peak doesn’t make sense, but they’re assuming it must be a spelling mistake, so they’re saying “perk interest.”
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