Learning the origin of a phrase

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• Klear@quokk.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah, no.

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  • Buffy@libretechni.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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• Greddan@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That’s a myth. What uneducated moron put this sign up?

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  • WR5@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Probably one just making a joke. If you look up, you’ll see it flying way above your head.

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    • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      How is it going over their head? It’s just a fake story.

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    • okwhateverdude@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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    • Muaddib@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      To be specific, it’s a prank. It’s designed to fool the gullible and make them feel stupid when they find out the truth

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    • Greddan@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s a pretty popular etymology myth, not a joke.

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• DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Friends. It’s the shitpost comm. All is well.

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  • rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    We’re all unwell here.

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• papalonian@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m so angry after seeing this post (which is OBVIOUSLY full of FALSE information 😠) that I’m gonna look up sources and cite them in the shit posting community so everyone knows I’m smarter than them and totally understand what’s happening

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  • FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Do it you mad lad!

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  • Mickey7@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Isn’t it amazing how empty some people’s lives are?

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• crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Brass monkey, that funky monkey!

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  • aeronmelon@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    herk herk HERK herk

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  • f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Well, I got the cannon, you got the ball

    C’mon everybody, let’s get, LIT

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• Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Some ball storage images:
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