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xkcd #3123: Canon

Title text:

Achilles was a mighty warrior, but his Achilles' heel was his heel.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3123/

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[–] RandomStickman@fedia.io 78 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Saw a reddit screenshot the other day of someone asking what's Superman's kryptonite lol

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

blessedly "achilles' heel" won't run into this issue, if the person is at all capable of thinking for a second

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So you're saying it will run into this issue.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

now now, it's two seconds of thought that people struggle with, one is usually achievable.

[–] RandomStickman@fedia.io 7 points 9 months ago

I have bad news

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 36 points 9 months ago

Reminds me of the recent reaction to the director of the Supermen movie, and the people calling the xenophobia "barbaric".

I mean, it's nice when it falls back at the same meaning, but it reaching its antonym is just great.

[–] ksigley@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

There really is an xkcd for everything.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

LOL, took me a second.