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Leopards Ate My Face

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[–] Salamanderwizard@lemmy.world 20 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

It's because people can't help but find thst shit boring. The thing is we gotta do boring shit all the time. Politics and the things like that should be like breathing, brushing our teeth, sleeping, or wiping our ass...it's all boring but needs to be done.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 5 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Bread 'n Circuses

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses

Juvenal originally used it to decry the "selfishness" of common people and their neglect of wider concerns. The phrase implies a population's erosion or ignorance of civic duty as a priority.

The dudes part of the problem.