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[–] mech@feddit.org 7 points 5 hours ago

They tried to avoid the plague like the plague,
but they couldn't flee the fleas

[–] hanrahan@piefed.social 3 points 5 hours ago

Did you not witness the stupid during Covid ?

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

i hear they didn't have microchips in their vaccines back then

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

Well, they were rubbing shit into their open wounds so you tell me.

[–] usernameusername@sh.itjust.works 2 points 17 hours ago

You see, the phrase didn't exist at the time, so they didn't know they had to avoid it

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago

Because they thought it was infringing on their freedom when told to wear masks and social distance

[–] Aeao@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

They did. Your confusion is on the meaning of the commonly used phrase.

Avoid it like the plague actually means you’re going to do almost nothing but hope you don’t die.

[–] Melobol@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago

You can watch a very historically accurate and 100% true documentary on netflix: The Decameron