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minus-squareRailing5132@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 个月前The oft-forgotten full phrase is: “a broken clock is right twice a day, but you still wouldn’t use it to tell time.” Similarly, often in reference to corrupt cops or politicians: “one bad apple spoils the whole bunch.”
minus-squareKSP Atlas@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 个月前Aren’t most of those “full phrases” made up inventions from Tumblr?
minus-squareRailing5132@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 个月前Well, those two in particular were used heavily by my elders growing up in the 70s, so it predates the web by a little bit.
minus-squareKSP Atlas@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 个月前Well I guess I was mistaken in this case, I’ve just heard a lot of fake versions of these so I assumed this was the same
The oft-forgotten full phrase is: “a broken clock is right twice a day, but you still wouldn’t use it to tell time.”
Similarly, often in reference to corrupt cops or politicians: “one bad apple spoils the whole bunch.”
Aren’t most of those “full phrases” made up inventions from Tumblr?
Well, those two in particular were used heavily by my elders growing up in the 70s, so it predates the web by a little bit.
Well I guess I was mistaken in this case, I’ve just heard a lot of fake versions of these so I assumed this was the same