Bonus points if it’s usually misused/misunderstood by the people who say it

  • SinkingLotus@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    “An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind”.

    No it doesn’t. At most the world no longer has depth perception.

    • Obi@sopuli.xyz
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      1 year ago

      Isn’t the idea that you’ll keep taking more eyes until there are none left? No mentions that it’s limited to one eye per person.