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ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 21 hours ago

What common sayings are actually true?

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What common sayings are actually true?

ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 21 hours ago
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  • Feydaikin@beehaw.org
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    4 hours ago

    Nothing is ever so bad it can’t get worse.

    Probably not a common saying, but it’s my saying. And it has proven true time and again.

  • AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    deleted by creator

  • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
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    If it doesn’t work, force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.

    • plyth@feddit.org
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      10 hours ago

      Upvoted because it is true by design.

  • sprite0@sh.itjust.works
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    20 hours ago

    all cops are bastards

  • Zachariah@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    measure twice
    cut once

    • AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world
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      I am an ardent believer in it, given how many times it has saved our assets at work, often to the point of annoying people. That said, I usually end up being right for insisting on more time and/or data, so it’s all good.

      However, my spoonerific brain always gets this twisted to “measure once, cut twice”.

      I unknowingly wrote this once in a comment about asking for more metrics during a design review.

      My colleague (the author of said design document) replied with the relevant metrics and a comment saying “measure never, cut forever”. :D

    • Elvith Ma'for@feddit.org
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      Measure once
      Cut once twice
      Measure again
      Cut another time

  • Outwit1294@lemmy.today
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    19 hours ago

    Prevention is better than cure

    • Tikiporch@lemmy.world
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      16 hours ago

      An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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        13 hours ago

        This saying doesn’t work in most countries

  • DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz
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    16 hours ago

    Crap in crap out

  • Etterra@discuss.online
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    If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s probably a duck.

  • Tikiporch@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    It is what it is.

  • belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org
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    18 hours ago

    Play stupid games, win stupid prizes

  • ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    haste does, indeed, make waste.

  • wuphysics87@lemmy.ml
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    20 hours ago

    If it aint broke, don’t fix it

    • Shayeta@feddit.org
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      13 hours ago

      I’m not fixing it, I’m upgrading it.

      • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today
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        Buy it, use it, break it, fix it, trash it, change it, mail, upgrade it.

  • actionjbone@sh.itjust.works
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    19 hours ago

    All those things about your mom are true.

  • iii@mander.xyz
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    19 hours ago

    Birds of a feather flock together

    • TheOrcWhoWrites@lemmy.world
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      19 hours ago

      Imagine a bunch of random and different birds in one flock…

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.net
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    21 hours ago

    “A stitch in time saves nine”

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