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Turns out people get offended when you respond to their propaganda with "So we've been told." (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 day ago by CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

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My therapist made a comment about how China is a failed socialist experiment because they have 2-3 year olds working in factories. I responded "So we've been told." She looks at me like I'm crazy. (Not a great look for a therapist) "I've not seen any evidence of that."

"Because they're such a closed country!"

"Which means you have no evidence to your point either?"

"Well, missionaries... anyway!"

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[–] ourtimewillcome@hexbear.net 14 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

youre joking, but that was indeed a line of argumentation used by child labor opponents in britain during the XIXth century.

[–] stink@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Bro said XIXth instead of 19th

[–] ourtimewillcome@hexbear.net 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

is it uncommon in english?

[–] stink@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Eh, I was just being a poophead since it takes longer to type out

[–] ourtimewillcome@hexbear.net 6 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

ahh, sorry. its just that in my language we either use roman numerals or full words for this, so it didnt even occur to me that one could use indo-arabic numerals, lmao

[–] stink@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Ahhh! Don't make me feel bad! I'm sorry!

[–] ourtimewillcome@hexbear.net 5 points 8 hours ago

dont feel bad! you helped me get better with my english! i should thank you