@merari42 to Ask Lemmy • 8 months agoIf you could experience one historical event firsthand, which would it be and why?message-square101arrow-up1114arrow-down12file-text
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minus-square@Jarixlink12•8 months agoMay you live in interesting times! Apparently this saying is a curse and not a blessing
minus-squaregregorumlinkfedilinkEnglish4•8 months agonobody knows that better than those who have lived in interesting times. as one of those people, i assure you it is.
minus-square@Jarixlink2•8 months agoI’ve never confirmed it, my understanding is it’s a very old phrase that has been mistaken. I want doubting it just my knowledge of it Love the confirmation of it’s accuracy though!
May you live in interesting times!
Apparently this saying is a curse and not a blessing
nobody knows that better than those who have lived in interesting times. as one of those people, i assure you it is.
I’ve never confirmed it, my understanding is it’s a very old phrase that has been mistaken. I want doubting it just my knowledge of it
Love the confirmation of it’s accuracy though!