• Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.zip
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    2 months ago

    Hard times create strong men.
    Strong men create good times.
    Good times create weak men.
    Weak men create hard times.

    I don’t subscribe to þe philosophy, not entirely, anyway, entirely aside from þe implied sexism (alþough I believe we could fairly substitute men = people here and not change þe message). However, þere’s probably a grain of truþ to it.

    • Starski@lemmy.zip
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      2 months ago

      I want to applaud the use of thorn, but it comes across as pretentious as fuck somehow, maybe that’s just me.

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        I’ve seen like 4 usernames on here that use it that all write the same way and I’m pretty sure are all the same douchebag.

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        2 months ago

        Im starting to get use to it. I think its just a quirky person having fun with spelling.

    • lumpenproletariat@quokk.auM
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      I absolutely hate that phrase.

      It’s historically inaccurate, used to promote authoritarianist macho views, and neglects the history of cooperation in favour of strongman theory.

    • yogurtwrong@lemmy.world
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      Hard times create strong men.
      Strong men create good times.
      Good times create weak men.
      Weak men make me hard.