Conspiracists peddle the idea that “being in the Epstein files” means you rape kids, except they mean it literally. So between it being far from the literal meaning of the phrase, and it being how some people seriously misunderstand the situation, it makes it better to use some other phrase.
fort_burp@feddit.nl 5 hours ago
No, “being in the Epstein files”, as a turn of phrase, means you rape kids.
FishFace@piefed.social 5 hours ago
Well using it that way is fucking dumb.
Conspiracists peddle the idea that “being in the Epstein files” means you rape kids, except they mean it literally. So between it being far from the literal meaning of the phrase, and it being how some people seriously misunderstand the situation, it makes it better to use some other phrase.