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[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 34 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Keep talking fuckers, it only moves your names higher on the list when the time comes. They will get their desserts.

[–] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Maybe you should do something instead of just moving names on an imaginary list.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

No point in self incriminating in this space.

[–] TheCleric@lemmy.org 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

lol I love this—but the phrase is actually “just deserts”

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well, actually, it's "just desserts".

[–] TheCleric@lemmy.org 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Nope. It’s pronounced “desserts” but actually it’s an old phrase and is spelled “deserts.”

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Huh, well I was confidently incorrect. TIL.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The fastest way to get the right answer is to be wrong on the internet. - Abraham Lincoln

[–] Malfeasant@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Lincoln never said that!

It was Napoleon.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Napoleon… Dynamite!

[–] TheCleric@lemmy.org 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah I only learned that pretty recently myself. I was very excited to get to share that useless bit of trivia when I saw the comment lol

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

The cake isn't a lie?