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Re:On Apple's Love Affair with Swift by stukh on Saturday August 11, 2018 @09:50AM (#17739651)
Ironically, your question is the point.
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Re:On Apple's Love Affair with Swift by cube2222 on Saturday August 11, 2018 @09:54AM (#17739664)
Well said, to the parent: https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/29250.html

There's a phrase "all things to all men", he/she just decided to swap out men with women to achieve more gender equality.

He could've just said all people tho.

(EDIT: to the replies, I'm not saying it has been achieved, just that this was the probable intention, which wasn't obvious to me as a non-native speaker)

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Re:On Apple's Love Affair with Swift by FeteCommuniste on Saturday August 11, 2018 @10:01AM (#17739691)
I hear "all things to all people" much more often and in general I find it's pretty rare to hear "men" used as a general term for people anymore.
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Re:On Apple's Love Affair with Swift by hyperpallium on Saturday August 11, 2018 @10:23AM (#17739784)
> He could've just said all people tho.
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Re:On Apple's Love Affair with Swift by jmpt on Saturday August 11, 2018 @09:58AM (#17739678)
Yea, "all things to all people" is really hard to type. Also "he decided?" You have no idea if the OP is a he. You are part of the problem that the OP is fighting poorly.
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