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Re:Cities Experiment with Remedy for Poverty: Cash, No Strin... by sosuke on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @10:36AM (#24628328)
Learned a new word thanks! I thought it was some amalgamation of bro-this or bro-that.

Bromides: a trite and unoriginal idea or remark, typically intended to soothe or placate. "feel-good bromides create the illusion of problem solving"

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Re:Cities Experiment with Remedy for Poverty: Cash, No Strin... by dsr_ on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @12:26PM (#24629798)
They aren't bromides if there's evidence that they work.
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Re:Cities Experiment with Remedy for Poverty: Cash, No Strin... by jrumbut on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @01:00PM (#24630225)
We need a companion word to bromides for cheap cynicism or "feel-bad bromides"
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