@cm0002 to Microblog MemesEnglish • 2 days agoAt least we kept bLuEmAGa from being in power! That would have been MUCH worse!/simagemessage-square243arrow-up1910arrow-down187cross-posted to: politicalmemes
arrow-up1823arrow-down1imageAt least we kept bLuEmAGa from being in power! That would have been MUCH worse!/s@cm0002 to Microblog MemesEnglish • 2 days agomessage-square243cross-posted to: politicalmemes
minus-square@MutilationWavelinkEnglish12•2 days agoVery fucking right. It’s toe the line though if you’re interested in improving things in a very small way.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-7•2 days agoI’ve heard that before, but tow the line, as in to pull something by a tether, makes contextual sense to me. Folks are doing work trying to carry that argument.
minus-square@AngryCommieKenderlinkEnglish17•edit-22 days agoThe phrase is authoritarian. As in “you’d better get your toes on the line I just drew in the dirt, or I’m gonna hang ya, boy.”
minus-squareRob BoslinkfedilinkEnglish8•1 day agoI do love it when you can justify using a different homophone than the etymologically correct one. “eggcorns”. You can really do some fun ones. For all intensive purposes, they’re pretty much equivalent.
Very fucking right. It’s toe the line though if you’re interested in improving things in a very small way.
I’ve heard that before, but tow the line, as in to pull something by a tether, makes contextual sense to me. Folks are doing work trying to carry that argument.
The phrase is authoritarian. As in “you’d better get your toes on the line I just drew in the dirt, or I’m gonna hang ya, boy.”
Didn’t know that, thanks!
I do love it when you can justify using a different homophone than the etymologically correct one.
“eggcorns”. You can really do some fun ones. For all intensive purposes, they’re pretty much equivalent.