• @norimee@lemmy.world
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      414 days ago

      It’s the Exception that proves the rule, is it not?

      I wish the majority or at least a lot of people were like Mr. Rogers, but truth is, he was exceptional.

      • ObjectivityIncarnate
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        113 days ago

        Can someone explain where the notion of an exception proving the rule came from? This has never made the slightest bit of sense to me, lol.

        • @lobut@lemmy.ca
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          313 days ago

          I remember wrestling with that for years. I dunno, my last interpretation of it was the fact that if it was rare and considered an exception then the rule has a point?

          I dunno. I’m more than likely wrong but that’s as far as I could go with it.