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These Have Been Found All Across Ancient Rome (Nobody Knows Why) (youtube.com)
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[–] sheridan@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Are you interpreting it literally? It's a figure of speech—a kind of hyperbole; it's just a way of implying something was common, not that literally every person had one.

Whether it actually was common though, I don't know. Joe here might be taking some liberties for the sake of a catchy thumbnail.

[–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

"Everybody had one" is not a figure of speech or even hyperbole. It is a very simple literal claim, which also happens to be a flat out lie.

[–] Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

It's a race to the bottom. Everything is blown the hell outta proportion until meaning is well meaningless.