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You can pry pattern matching from my cold dead hands (sopuli.xyz)
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[–] CanadaPlus 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I think that's the basic idea, but in practice it's used for people who are just generally dumb as well.

[–] MotoAsh@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Eh, people misuse terms all the time. It shouldn't change what it's meant to mean.

[–] CanadaPlus 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I guess, but neither kind of dashboard catches dash from your horses these days. And forget about all bears being "brown ones". Language evolves.

[–] MotoAsh@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

Evolving is distinctly different than misunderstanding.

[–] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well, when was the last time you looked at a hammer and thought "y'know, you're pretty smart!"

[–] CanadaPlus 1 points 1 week ago

Haha, true. But then again, I've definitely thought that about like, a self-loading rifle or a can opener that way.