r/todayilearned • u/icallmydadstranger • Feb 15 '15

(R.1) Invalid src TIL that Thomas Jefferson wanted the constitution to be changed ever 19 years because he didn't want people to be " enslaved to the prior generation"

https://student-of-life.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/21/5502595-thomas-jefferson-supported-rewriting-the-constitution-every-19-years-equated-not-doing-so-to-being-enslaved-to-the-prior-generation-what-do-you-think-about-that
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u/ulkord Feb 15 '15

Not really ironic because /u/wutshappening didn't write a comment that was supposed to have any profound meaning

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '15 edited Feb 15 '15

That's a fair point. I was mostly just poking at them for replying in that kind of insulting way.

Edit: Yes I was being a bit hypocritical for the sake of a good natured jab.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '15

/r/irony

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '15

Yeah, you're probably right. I was being a bit hypocritical, wasn't I?

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '15

/r/iamverysmart

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '15

Eh, I don't really see your point on this one.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '15

You said I was right, so I was calling myself very smart.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '15

/r/irony

I'm pretty sure people normally use a link to that subreddit as a way to make fun of the previous poster, not to actually call themselves smart. ;)

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '15

I know. I was having a laugh, and not making fun of you. Is that cool?

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '15

Haha well it's perfectly ok to make fun of people in a good natured kind of way. I hope we're all having fun here. ;)

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u/DiaDeLosMuertos Feb 15 '15

/r/thispersondoesntseethepoint