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 7 months ago
No, “being in the Epstein files”, as a turn of phrase, means you rape kids.
FishFace@piefed.social 7 months 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.
fort_burp@feddit.nl 7 months ago
Ah, alright. I guess being in the Epstein files isn’t really all that bad then.
FishFace@piefed.social 7 months ago
Not on its own. Thankfully we can read some of them now and see some of the incriminating stuff.