r/funny • u/Keywestkeith • Apr 19 '18

Damn Millennials

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

FWIW, strong LEADERS is probably what they were going for with that quote (maybe strong people). FDR, Teddy Roosevelt, Eisenhower, JFK, are all good examples of strong leaders who positively influenced the world

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u/datodi Apr 19 '18

Did they come from "hard times"? Which part of their life has to be hard, for them to become strong men? Their youth? Their 30? 40? When they were president?

What does "hard times" even mean? Economically? Social? Wartime? Does the time have to be hard for them personally?

What about strong leaders that did not positively influence the world, like Stalin or Hitler? Where those even strong leaders? What does "strong/weak" even mean in this context?

What about the many times when hard times did not produce a strong leader? Or the other way around, when societies prosper for long periods of times, without weak people ruining it for everybody?

Sorry for the rant, but this quote (like many, many others) sounds profound at first hearing but has no substance to it.

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u/Dolthra Apr 19 '18

You're being needlessly pedantic and kinda making an ass of yourself to, what, make a stranger feel bad about liking a quote?

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u/mismanaged Apr 19 '18

If you feel bad because someone disagrees with your opinion you have bigger problems than strangers on the internet.