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Trust your training (lemmy.world)
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[–] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I was born in the 1970's and it is lost on me too, I think its something that became a thing to the generation after me

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    I took biology in 1996; it wasn't a thing yet. Someone else claimed it was already widespread by 2001. I don't think I encountered it in the wild before 2005, but it could have been much later than that.

    KnowYourMeme suggests the phrase originated in a textbook from 1957, but it didn't reach memehood until 2014.

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