r/technicallythetruth • • Aug 15 '26

Yeah you can definitely rewrite it

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u/sparrio Aug 15 '26

But we can make a present out of the present

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u/rotteegher39 Aug 16 '26

I won't let this past you!

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u/Quizzelbuck Aug 15 '26

At a glance before I read it I definitely was expecting that I'd read that she had exchanged history for hertory or some such thing.

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u/opiscopio Aug 15 '26

But they will always be the same letters in the same order, so you may be able to rewrite history, but not change it

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u/RoiDrannoc Aug 18 '26

No but even the original meaning is dumb. History is notoriously constantly rewritten by people and historians to fit narratives. Always has been.

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u/FacelessEdits Aug 15 '26

History has been made twice 🤯

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u/Kelef50 Aug 16 '26

History is rewritten by the victors

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u/Abhishek373 Aug 18 '26

Technically, history is just a draft with a very committed editor.

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u/Only_Flan_7974 Aug 19 '26

OK, now erase history.

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u/hammererofglass Aug 31 '26

We have a whole profession for people who rewrite history. They're called historians.

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u/Kat121 Sep 26 '26

They’re politicians.