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Clever Comebacks

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[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Now say this about Bill Gates and watch the downvotes pour in for... some reason

[–] Foggyfroggy@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Eh, Gates is older and has shown more commitment to the idea than most. I still wouldn’t trust him as far as I could throw him but the foundation has done some good things for a long time. And maybe with fewer self-aggrandizing press stories compared to others.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

How do you go and, true to the expression, really throw someone?

Does it imply throwing a human being as we'd throw a log? Perhaps a brick? I'd expect it involves a lot of physical strenght. And does it imply being from a stationary position?

Does throwing someone down a window or from a moving car or perhaps a boat count?

It intrigues me.

[–] stjobe@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Left hand by the scruff, right hand by the belt, lift, swing forward, back, forward, and release. Easy :)