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ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days ago

What common sayings are actually true?

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What common sayings are actually true?

ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days ago
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  • HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml
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    23 hours ago

    Don’t salt your food before you eat it.

  • Feydaikin@beehaw.org
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    Nothing is ever so bad it can’t get worse.

    Probably not a common saying, but it’s my saying. And it has proven true time and again.

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    all cops are bastards

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      I’m in London. What is this cop that you speak of?

      • Anarcho-Bolshevik@lemmygrad.ml
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        11 hours ago

        The feds.

      • HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml
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        23 hours ago

        coppas

      • gallopingsnail@lemmy.sdf.org
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        I’m in New York. What is this rozzer that you speak of?

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    measure twice
    cut once

    • Malfeasant@lemmy.world
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      Beats “cut it 3 times and it’s still too short” as my uncle said to me too many times… Along with “you hammer like old people fuck”

    • HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml
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      Measure three times, cut zero times

      taps head

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    • SapientLasagna@lemmy.ca
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      hmm. I prefer to live by “I’ve cut it three times and it’s still too short”

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      3 days ago

      Measure once
      Cut once twice
      Measure again
      Cut another time

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      I am an ardent believer in it, given how many times it has saved our assets at work, often to the point of annoying people. That said, I usually end up being right for insisting on more time and/or data, so it’s all good.

      However, my spoonerific brain always gets this twisted to “measure once, cut twice”.

      I unknowingly wrote this once in a comment about asking for more metrics during a design review.

      My colleague (the author of said design document) replied with the relevant metrics and a comment saying “measure never, cut forever”. :D

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        measure never, cut forever

        Im stealing that xD that’s a good one

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          Indeed it is. :-)

          Also, your comment made me realise that I mistyped asses in my original comment!

          Going to leave it there for the sweet sweet irony. :D

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    Prevention is better than cure

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      An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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        This saying doesn’t work in most countries

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      too much prevention and maybe the cure is better.

      • MotoAsh@lemmy.world
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        Every rule has an exception. It doesn’t magically make the rule wrong or dumb.

  • belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org
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    Play stupid games, win stupid prizes

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    If it aint broke, don’t fix it

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      deleted by creator

    • Shayeta@feddit.org
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      I’m not fixing it, I’m upgrading it.

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        Buy it, use it, break it, fix it, trash it, change it, mail, upgrade it.

  • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
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    If it doesn’t work, force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.

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      Accidentally Capitalism towards workers?

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      Upvoted because it is true by design.

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    Crap in crap out

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    haste does, indeed, make waste.

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    If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s probably a duck.

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    It is what it is.

    • Malfeasant@lemmy.world
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      The first rule of tautology club is the first rule of tautology club.

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    All those things about your mom are true.

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    Birds of a feather flock together

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      Depends on the species. Some birds (usually birds of prey) are extremely territorial especially to members of their own species which are obviously their biggest competitors.

    • TheOrcWhoWrites@lemmy.world
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      Imagine a bunch of random and different birds in one flock…

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        The chaos lol

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        badass burd gang found family.

        how come DreamWorks hasn’t made that movie already

        “Birds if a feather” coming soon

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.net
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    “A stitch in time saves nine”

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