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They're up there with coral islands, lightning, and caterpillars turning into butterflies.

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[–] Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And when Mercury is in retrograde, you can make an excuse for anything being kind of shitty or off.

[–] cdf12345@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

There better not be mercury in my Gatorade!

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

No, no, no; We're just giving Mercury a retro-grade.

I'm thinking maybe a C to C+ at best. I mean it's kinda 'retro', but that's definitely not the first description that comes to mind.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

Just scoop it off the top, jeez.

[–] Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

Y'see, that's not quite how it works.