betheydocrime@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 months agoIf Twitter had existed while Emily Dickinson was alive, she would have been an absolute shitlord with millions of followersmessage-squaremessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1128arrow-down18
arrow-up1120arrow-down1message-squareIf Twitter had existed while Emily Dickinson was alive, she would have been an absolute shitlord with millions of followersbetheydocrime@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareMbourgon everywhere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·6 months agoH. L. Mencken. “For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, elegant, and wrong.”
minus-squareDarkaga@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·6 months agoNot too be too pedantic but this is the full, accurate quote from Prejudices: Second Series, “Explanations exist; they have existed for all time; there is always a well-known solution to every human problem—neat, plausible, and wrong.”
minus-squareMbourgon everywhere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 months agoDude! I’ve been using that for years, never thought I had the quote wrong! Thank you!
minus-squareMbourgon everywhere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·6 months agoGotta ask - which book is your favorite? Love the Chrestromathy and the books he wrote about his youth.
H. L. Mencken. “For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, elegant, and wrong.”
Not too be too pedantic but this is the full, accurate quote from Prejudices: Second Series, “Explanations exist; they have existed for all time; there is always a well-known solution to every human problem—neat, plausible, and wrong.”
Dude! I’ve been using that for years, never thought I had the quote wrong! Thank you!
Gotta ask - which book is your favorite? Love the Chrestromathy and the books he wrote about his youth.