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by s810 5809 days ago
Gird your loins, boys, for the influx of disillusioned redditors!

(a good chunk of whom were disillusioned meme-spouting 4channers before they were disillusioned redditors)

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> Gird your loins, boys, for the influx of disillusioned redditors!

Perhaps this is being downvoted because people don't know what "gird your loins" means. I didn't know before googling.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061211104553AA...

"What does gird your loins mean?"

"If you say that somebody is GIRDING their LOINS or GIRDING UP their LOINS, you mean that they are preparing to do something difficult or dangerous. Example : Both sides in the argument were girding their loins."

Indeed, we should gird up our loins.

It's quite possible that the downvoting is for the actual content of the comment too, you know.
You mean for truth? I lol'd. I'm living proof.

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