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[โ€“] ZzyzxRoad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

because there are other examples

...ok? I guess I don't get why there needs to be any comparison, since it inevitably ends up sounding like "oh, well this one wasn't as bad as that one. Happens all the time."

[โ€“] GBU_28@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm suggesting that across history IS common.

I'm not celebrating it.