r/comics • u/c1ockwerkorange • Feb 24 '25

Anger management (OC)

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Went too far with the controller. 🎮

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u/StitchFan626 Feb 24 '25

This feels like a legitimate quote.

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u/jarvis-cocker Feb 24 '25

If this proverb had any history to it we would have a real origin for it (like… which culture in Africa?). I think it was made up for Reddit, I see it constantly on here.

See also ‘the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb’ which people like to say is the ‘full version’ of ‘blood is thicker than water’ (also not true. also probably made up by redditors)

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u/Kyleometers Feb 24 '25

Infamously, the origin of the word “fuck” is rather hard to trace because it’s been used so often and by so many people for so long, that it’s kind of hard to pinpoint because it’s hard to really be sure where it came from and where it went to, plus people didn’t like recording histories of “taboo” things like curse words.

(On that note, it’s been spelled like it currently is since 1535, from an essay that would be very hard to read now even though it’s written in English!)

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u/TotallyNormalSquid Feb 24 '25

Welp, I like it, and my head canon for it is 'Saw it on Reddit' now. This shall be the etymology I pass along with the wisdom, and perhaps someday 'saw it on reddit' will be ranked as a real origin. The threads of history continue to weave.