Felt like this one was relevant again.... given the current state of things.
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Feels like it's been relevant times and times again recently 😅
Goddamn TIL
It makes me so happy to see that fucking dickhead holding the snowball as the illustrative example of this phenomenon.
I shook his hand at the State Fair in the 80s. It has since withered and fallen off.
ooh VERY topical. I think about this a lot every day lately