also i love that the phrase “piss on the poor” is functionally an effective shorthand on here for “someone has a lack of reading comprehension”. wonder how long it will be before the knowledge that it is an intentional misapprehension of the phrase “piss poor” disappears and we get a Reader who says. the phrase piss on the poor is so cruel we should say something else
based on the notes of this post, which has gotten several thousand in the last day or so, we have in fact already reached this point
“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers.”
(Incidentally, “piss poor” is itself taken from the phrase “not a pot to piss in”, which is itself a shortening of “not a pot to piss in or a window to throw it from”, in reference to those so poor that they had neither home nor chamberpot. Isn’t language fun?)
For those in the notes wondering, it’s a reference to this ancient post:
Wow, 2012.
[ID: screenshot of a tumblr post. OP by @drakensberg-blog dated Nov 28, 2012 that reads “The reading comprehension and overall common sense on this website is piss poor.” There is a reblog with comment by @poupon attached from the same date that reads “how dare you say we piss on the poor.” Tags at the bottom of the post read “#CLASS WARFARE #CLASS WATERSPORTSFARE #tumblr” /end ID]
