David Mitchell :CApride: on Nostr: “Anything is possible if you try hard enough” ranks pretty high on my list of ...
“Anything is possible if you try hard enough” ranks pretty high on my list of terrible phrases, damaging tropes, or false aphorisms for the amount of harm it does. It runs merrily hand in hand with “earning a living” on the road to oligarchy and oppression.
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