• @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.