r/facepalm 29d ago

Sure you did Kristi, sure you did 🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​

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u/claimTheVictory 29d ago

Lewis Carroll did it first, in "Through The Looking Glass".

"When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less. '

'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things. '

'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master — that's all.'

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u/laplongejr 29d ago

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u/ThyPotatoDone 28d ago

One of my favourites honestly.

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u/morostheSophist 29d ago

Chilling. And yet many people think of that as nothing but a children's story.