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Rarely is the question asked: is our Fremen learning? (discuss.online)

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[–] lividweasel@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (3 children)

As much as I love this meme and the original, this was actually not a brainfart by Dubya. He just realized mid-sentence that the last part "Shame on me" could be used as a negative soundbite if cut. Or at least that's how it was spun.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Tbh I honestly have grown to like the quote for its (I assume) unintended meaning.

To paraphrase:

"Fool me once, fuck you I'm not going to trust you anymore."

It has grown to be more of a "trust people when they show you who they really are" to me over these years than the gaffe I'm sure it was. Can't get fooled again, because I won't give them another opportunity to.

[–] choking_the_dolphin@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This always felt like a convenient retcon. Dubya misspoke all the time, I have a hard time believing he could actually think on his feet that quickly.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The clip clearly shows him not thinking on his feet that well, he's just reacting to something his PR team had probably been trying to drill into him for years, but mid-sentence. Treating it as "quick-thinking" is vastly overstating it.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

One could still call that a brainfart, speaking before he knew what he was saying. Just a more normal human reaction rather than the tailored mass-market messaging most politicians try to deliver.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Needs more blue in the eyes

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This cracked me up, holy hell.

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Now watch this drive

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

“There’s a lot of fear… on the internets.”

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The tube thing?

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 1 points 6 hours ago

Well it’s not a big truck.

[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

This is top shelf.