like we collectively learned the wrong lesson from it.

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[–] [S] 11 points 6 days ago (1 child)

Yeah that is the modern usage, sadly, the complete opposite of what the original meaning was. Another example of this is "blood is thicker than water", meaning family should be held closer than friends. The original saying was "The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb", literally meaning the opposite.

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