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  • Aqua LetiferA Offline
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    Aqua Letifer
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    I'm just saying that the next publication, PR firm, social media schlub or whomever uses the "in the time of COVID" construction fully deserves to get face-punched. You're not being clever or profound, would-be Gabriel Márquez. You're not only ripping off the most obvious literary reference there is, but half the world already beat you to it. You're as slow as you are unimaginative. Say something else, anything else.

    Please love yourself.

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    • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

      I'm just saying that the next publication, PR firm, social media schlub or whomever uses the "in the time of COVID" construction fully deserves to get face-punched. You're not being clever or profound, would-be Gabriel Márquez. You're not only ripping off the most obvious literary reference there is, but half the world already beat you to it. You're as slow as you are unimaginative. Say something else, anything else.

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      @Aqua-Letifer said in Okay, look...:

      You're not being clever or profound, would-be Gabriel Márquez.

      Never read it. Should I?

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        Gandalf visited the Shire in the time of Gerontius, for it is said, "He [Gandalf] had not been down that way under The Hill for ages and ages, not since his friend the Old Took died..." Bilbo Baggins later refers to Gandalf's visits during the time of the Old Took.

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          @Aqua-Letifer said in Okay, look...:

          You're not being clever or profound, would-be Gabriel Márquez.

          Never read it. Should I?

          Aqua LetiferA Offline
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          Aqua Letifer
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          @George-K said in Okay, look...:

          @Aqua-Letifer said in Okay, look...:

          You're not being clever or profound, would-be Gabriel Márquez.

          Never read it. Should I?

          Meh. It's very good, but still kinda contemporary. Dunno how timeless it's gonna prove to be.

          Please love yourself.

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          • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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            I think we should rename this board to 'Coffee In The Time of Covid', or maybe 'Coughing in the Time of Covid'

            I was only joking

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            • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

              I think we should rename this board to 'Coffee In The Time of Covid', or maybe 'Coughing in the Time of Covid'

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              Aqua Letifer
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              @Doctor-Phibes said in Okay, look...:

              I think we should rename this board to 'Coffee In The Time of Covid', or maybe 'Coughing in the Time of Covid'

              The Unbearable Crisis of Being Unoriginal

              Please love yourself.

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              • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                I think we should rename this board to 'Coffee In The Time of Covid', or maybe 'Coughing in the Time of Covid'

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                @Doctor-Phibes said in Okay, look...:

                I think we should rename this board to 'Coffee In The Time of Covid', or maybe 'Coughing in the Time of Covid'

                f9e98171-cdb5-4bda-9d35-a204f01671fa-image.png

                Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                • jon-nycJ Online
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                  Lol cats

                  Only non-witches get due process.

                  • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                  • L Offline
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                    Not to nitpick but In the time of corona is the original expression.

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                    • Catseye3C Catseye3

                      @Doctor-Phibes said in Okay, look...:

                      I think we should rename this board to 'Coffee In The Time of Covid', or maybe 'Coughing in the Time of Covid'

                      f9e98171-cdb5-4bda-9d35-a204f01671fa-image.png

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                      @Catseye3 said

                      f9e98171-cdb5-4bda-9d35-a204f01671fa-image.png

                      Cats fancies frogs now, too. They're very expressive. Love the pic!

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                      • jon-nycJ Online
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                        jon-nyc
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                        Lets think of some replacement phrases....

                        • The flu to end all flus.

                        • The late unhealthiness.

                        • The roaring '20

                        Only non-witches get due process.

                        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                        • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                          Lets think of some replacement phrases....

                          • The flu to end all flus.

                          • The late unhealthiness.

                          • The roaring '20

                          Aqua LetiferA Offline
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                          Aqua Letifer
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                          @jon-nyc said in Okay, look...:

                          Lets think of some replacement phrases....

                          • The flu to end all flus.

                          • The late unhealthiness.

                          • The roaring '20

                          The Virus That Will Live in Infamy
                          2020 Skidoo

                          Or hell, if we're going to rip off literature:

                          One Hundred Weeks of Solitude
                          Spread by the Wind
                          A Democratic Republic of Dunces
                          Through a Mask Darkly
                          The Fault in our Citizens
                          Behold, Here's Coronavirus
                          The Wind of Blame

                          Some titles can just be repurposed:

                          Things Fall Apart
                          Cold Comfort Farm
                          Far From the Madding Crowd
                          The Waste Land

                          Please love yourself.

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                          • L Loki

                            Not to nitpick but In the time of corona is the original expression.

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                            @Loki said in Okay, look...:

                            Not to nitpick but In the time of corona is the original expression.

                            Yeah.

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                            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                            • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                              @jon-nyc said in Okay, look...:

                              Lets think of some replacement phrases....

                              • The flu to end all flus.

                              • The late unhealthiness.

                              • The roaring '20

                              The Virus That Will Live in Infamy
                              2020 Skidoo

                              Or hell, if we're going to rip off literature:

                              One Hundred Weeks of Solitude
                              Spread by the Wind
                              A Democratic Republic of Dunces
                              Through a Mask Darkly
                              The Fault in our Citizens
                              Behold, Here's Coronavirus
                              The Wind of Blame

                              Some titles can just be repurposed:

                              Things Fall Apart
                              Cold Comfort Farm
                              Far From the Madding Crowd
                              The Waste Land

                              MikM Offline
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                              Mik
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                              @Aqua-Letifer said in Okay, look...:

                              A Democratic Republic of Dunces

                              alt text

                              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                Aqua Letifer
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                                😄

                                Please love yourself.

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