I’m a very slow thinker (2016)

Re:I’m a very slow thinker (2016) by glangdale on Sunday August 05, 2018 @08:47PM (#17694425)

Also relevant: the French have a great phrase for this - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27esprit_de_l%27escalier

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Re:I’m a very slow thinker (2016) by remarkEon on Sunday August 05, 2018 @09:02PM (#17694481)

Ha. Remembering that one. Is there something about the French language that lends itself more easily to great wit and very usable idioms?

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Re:I’m a very slow thinker (2016) by daveFNbuck on Monday August 06, 2018 @02:03AM (#17695377)

There's nothing language-specific about that idiom. In English, it's staircase wit. It should work in most languages as long as you have the story to go with it.

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