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Re:Google is apparently taking down all/most Fediverse apps ... by mc32 on Friday August 28, 2020 @02:35PM (#24308433)
There was also “sticks and stones may break my bones but words can’t hurt me” that now seems in practice to have gone by the wayside.
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Re:Google is apparently taking down all/most Fediverse apps ... by TeaDrunk on Friday August 28, 2020 @02:45PM (#24308535)
I'm not gonna lie when I was a child decades ago it was well known even amongst childrens books at the time that that line's a load of horse shit. There's tons of books where that exact phrase is used to show that ignoring verbal abuse is wrong and emotionally damaging.
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