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by bourbonproof 16 days ago
Unlikely a useful lesson here. If it would have been written as "political correct" version up to the point of not calling Jarred out at all would have missed the core message. The fact that it was written blunt is the reason it went viral.
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Viral is not an inherently good thing unless you're an influencer. Not all publicity is good publicity.
uhhh, that's not how the how that figure speech goes. There's a reason why people say all publicity is good publicity, and you can't just flip that to fit your perspective.
People repeat that figure of speech because it's a meme (in the original sense of the word), not because it's unconditionally true.
No, they repeat it because it's literally true.
Let me guess: you know that it's literally true because everyone repeats it, right?