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[-] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Are you interpreting it literally? It's a figure of speech—a kind of hyperbole; it's just a way of implying something was common, not that literally every person had one.

Whether it actually was common though, I don't know. Joe here might be taking some liberties for the sake of a catchy thumbnail.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

It's a race to the bottom. Everything is blown the hell outta proportion until meaning is well meaningless.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

"Everybody had one" is not a figure of speech or even hyperbole. It is a very simple literal claim, which also happens to be a flat out lie.

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