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recursivedoubts 6 hours ago

May you live in interesting times.

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AndrewKemendo 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Great time to remind people that this is meant to be a curse

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_you_live_in_interesting_ti...

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blooalien 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Glad I clicked that Wikipedia link! Chinese curse... I'd always been told it was an old Bedouin curse. Learn somethin' new every day (still to this day, and every new day until I become physically incapable of learning).

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AndrewKemendo 6 hours ago | parent [-]

For years I had heard it was an Arab curse, which is partly why I’m sharing.

	▲	jeanlucas 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		And I got it as a Roman curse (or from Roman times). That is common with old sayings.

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operatingthetan 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I think that's how GP meant it

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AndrewKemendo 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Yeah but readers may not know it that way

https://xkcd.com/1053/

	▲	blooalien 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Hahah! I'm one of today's lucky 10,000! :) Down the rabbit-hole with me now to discover who said it first... LOL! (Edit: Proving to be a fruitless quest thus far. Nobody seems to know.)