To be fair, it is something sweet to wish upon someone. It’s just the context is that person has to be dead.
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Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Y’know, it does sound like something sweet to wish upon someone if it did not literally mean death. I can imagine someone who doesn’t have the linguistic & cultural connection with The West to wish something like that upon someone in a heartfelt manner.
pancakes@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
If you think about it, it’s the same statement as “sleep tight”.
ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 4 days ago
And water boarding in Guantanamo Bay sounds fun.
Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 3 days ago
In a similar context, yep