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@rainrain@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 13 days ago

"A watched pot never boils" is actually advice for keeping your pot from boiling. Because a soup boiled is a soup spoiled.

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"A watched pot never boils" is actually advice for keeping your pot from boiling. Because a soup boiled is a soup spoiled.

@rainrain@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 13 days ago
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  • @rainrain@sh.itjust.worksOP
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    15•13 days ago

    It’s one of those memes that got ironically reversed. And then the ironic version got remembered by everybody and the original got forgotten.

    • paraphrand
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      4•12 days ago

      Irony is eating the world.

    • dream_weasel
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      What is it supposed to say?

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        deleted by creator

        • dream_weasel
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          I choose to believe it’s this one.

      • Trailblazing Braille Taser
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        A watched pot always boils?

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