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minus-squareRailing5132@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoThe oft-forgotten full phrase is: “a broken clock is right twice a day, but you still wouldn’t use it to tell time.” Similarly, often in reference to corrupt cops or politicians: “one bad apple spoils the whole bunch.”
minus-squareKSP Atlas@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoAren’t most of those “full phrases” made up inventions from Tumblr?
minus-squareRailing5132@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoWell, those two in particular were used heavily by my elders growing up in the 70s, so it predates the web by a little bit.
The oft-forgotten full phrase is: “a broken clock is right twice a day, but you still wouldn’t use it to tell time.”
Similarly, often in reference to corrupt cops or politicians: “one bad apple spoils the whole bunch.”
Aren’t most of those “full phrases” made up inventions from Tumblr?
Well, those two in particular were used heavily by my elders growing up in the 70s, so it predates the web by a little bit.