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[-] frog@feddit.uk 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

If this a troll, I'll bite.

Mr. Connery, the phrase is "barley men", not "barely men".

[-] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago

I wish it was a troll. I just can't read.

[-] frog@feddit.uk 4 points 4 days ago

At least your comment stopped a lot of other readers from reading it the same way. You made the world better.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 4 days ago

I misread the post too, but chalked it up to mocking conservatives for believing it would make them barely men.

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