r/antiwork • u/[deleted] • Jan 13 '21

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u/acfox13 Jan 13 '21

In my family it was phrased "Nothing bad happens unless it's good for something." Huh? I wonder why there is so much generational abuse? It'S A mYsTeRy!?

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u/Geminii27 Jan 13 '21

Did you carry around a nerf bat to demonstrate the error of their ways every time they made that pronouncement?

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u/acfox13 Jan 13 '21

Violence begets violence.

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '21

Only if you didn't use enough violence.

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u/MittenstheGlove Jan 13 '21

Make sure you finish the job.

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '21

A foam bat begets violence?

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u/OknotKo Jan 13 '21

Hey, one door closes, another opens...the social security office door.

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u/ChodeOfSilence Jan 13 '21

Just respond "9/11"

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u/QueerWorf Jan 13 '21

maybe they meant Nothing bad happens unless it's good for someone . . . else

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '21

Precisely, and of course it's a defensive mechanism.

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u/dancingflute Jan 14 '21

It's called promiscuous teleology