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  1. #TIL: The term ‘to suck’ is not #vulgar!

    I always assumed that ‘to suck’ in the connotation of ‘to be bad’, ‘to be mediocre’ etc had a sexual origin, namely that ‘He sucks!’ was originally short for ‘He sucks dicks!’

    Nope, it’s totally harmless: it comes from sucking milk as a baby. If you are a #sucker or suck at something you are simply as naïve or inexperienced as a baby. 🤯

    The more you know...

    #language #English #etymology

  2. #TIL: The term ‘to suck’ is not #vulgar!

    I always assumed that ‘to suck’ in the connotation of ‘to be bad’, ‘to be mediocre’ etc had a sexual origin, namely that ‘He sucks!’ was originally short for ‘He sucks dicks!’

    Nope, it’s totally harmless: it comes from sucking milk as a baby. If you are a #sucker or suck at something you are simply as naïve or inexperienced as a baby. 🤯

    The more you know...

    #language #English #etymology

  3. RE: mastodon.social/@NoveltyBot/11

    "'Who's the sucker?' you ask. Well, search no more. The sucker is you when you buy our trick! Haha... hahahahaha.... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

    #sucker #trick

  4. RE: mastodon.social/@NoveltyBot/11

    "'Who's the sucker?' you ask. Well, search no more. The sucker is you when you buy our trick! Haha... hahahahaha.... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

    #sucker #trick

  5. RE: mastodon.social/@NoveltyBot/11

    "'Who's the sucker?' you ask. Well, search no more. The sucker is you when you buy our trick! Haha... hahahahaha.... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

    #sucker #trick

  6. RE: mastodon.social/@NoveltyBot/11

    "'Who's the sucker?' you ask. Well, search no more. The sucker is you when you buy our trick! Haha... hahahahaha.... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

    #sucker #trick

  7. RE: mastodon.social/@NoveltyBot/11

    "What's this?"

    "Sucker soap."

    "Sucker soap? What is it for?"

    "For washing suckers, of course."

    "Ah."

    #sucker #soap

  8. RE: mastodon.social/@NoveltyBot/11

    "What's this?"

    "Sucker soap."

    "Sucker soap? What is it for?"

    "For washing suckers, of course."

    "Ah."

    #sucker #soap

  9. RE: mastodon.social/@NoveltyBot/11

    "What's this?"

    "Sucker soap."

    "Sucker soap? What is it for?"

    "For washing suckers, of course."

    "Ah."

    #sucker #soap

  10. RE: mastodon.social/@NoveltyBot/11

    "What's this?"

    "Sucker soap."

    "Sucker soap? What is it for?"

    "For washing suckers, of course."

    "Ah."

    #sucker #soap

  11. "America's tech giants' #margins are now everyone else's #opportunity. The trillions that US tech companies extract could be someone else's billions – all they'd have to do is offer the #interoperable goods and services that disenshittify America's tech products. They could sell the tools that let anyone in the world use independent #appstores, or fix their cars and tractors, and put generic ink in their printers. A year ago, no country could afford to allow a company headquartered in its borders to get into this business, lest they be clobbered with tariffs. Today, any country that isn't thinking about this is a #sucker that will end up buying these tools from another country that gets there first."
    @pluralistic
    pluralistic.net/2026/05/05/thr

  12. "America's tech giants' #margins are now everyone else's #opportunity. The trillions that US tech companies extract could be someone else's billions – all they'd have to do is offer the #interoperable goods and services that disenshittify America's tech products. They could sell the tools that let anyone in the world use independent #appstores, or fix their cars and tractors, and put generic ink in their printers. A year ago, no country could afford to allow a company headquartered in its borders to get into this business, lest they be clobbered with tariffs. Today, any country that isn't thinking about this is a #sucker that will end up buying these tools from another country that gets there first."
    @pluralistic
    pluralistic.net/2026/05/05/thr

  13. "America's tech giants' #margins are now everyone else's #opportunity. The trillions that US tech companies extract could be someone else's billions – all they'd have to do is offer the #interoperable goods and services that disenshittify America's tech products. They could sell the tools that let anyone in the world use independent #appstores, or fix their cars and tractors, and put generic ink in their printers. A year ago, no country could afford to allow a company headquartered in its borders to get into this business, lest they be clobbered with tariffs. Today, any country that isn't thinking about this is a #sucker that will end up buying these tools from another country that gets there first."
    @pluralistic
    pluralistic.net/2026/05/05/thr

  14. "America's tech giants' are now everyone else's . The trillions that US tech companies extract could be someone else's billions – all they'd have to do is offer the goods and services that disenshittify America's tech products. They could sell the tools that let anyone in the world use independent , or fix their cars and tractors, and put generic ink in their printers. A year ago, no country could afford to allow a company headquartered in its borders to get into this business, lest they be clobbered with tariffs. Today, any country that isn't thinking about this is a that will end up buying these tools from another country that gets there first."
    @pluralistic
    pluralistic.net/2026/05/05/thr

  15. "America's tech giants' #margins are now everyone else's #opportunity. The trillions that US tech companies extract could be someone else's billions – all they'd have to do is offer the #interoperable goods and services that disenshittify America's tech products. They could sell the tools that let anyone in the world use independent #appstores, or fix their cars and tractors, and put generic ink in their printers. A year ago, no country could afford to allow a company headquartered in its borders to get into this business, lest they be clobbered with tariffs. Today, any country that isn't thinking about this is a #sucker that will end up buying these tools from another country that gets there first."
    @pluralistic
    pluralistic.net/2026/05/05/thr

  16. At the cost of Taiwan's security and freedom, Trump gets a band-aid for the self-inflicted bullet wound in his foot.

    #trump #sucker #epstein #uspol #politics #china #economics

  17. At the cost of Taiwan's security and freedom, Trump gets a band-aid for the self-inflicted bullet wound in his foot.

    #trump #sucker #epstein #uspol #politics #china #economics

  18. At the cost of Taiwan's security and freedom, Trump gets a band-aid for the self-inflicted bullet wound in his foot.

    #trump #sucker #epstein #uspol #politics #china #economics

  19. At the cost of Taiwan's security and freedom, Trump gets a band-aid for the self-inflicted bullet wound in his foot.

    #trump #sucker #epstein #uspol #politics #china #economics

  20. At the cost of Taiwan's security and freedom, Trump gets a band-aid for the self-inflicted bullet wound in his foot.

    #trump #sucker #epstein #uspol #politics #china #economics

  21. #Loser - #Sucker

    "How the Trump-Xi meeting became ‘the shrinking summit’ ~ President Donald Trump’s ambitions for his summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping have shrunk from ‘grand bargain’ to a plea for help in reopening the Strait of Hormuz."

    #News #Politics #Nato #War #USA #Escalation #Europe #EU #Incompetence #Canada #INFLATION #Economy #Consumer #Finance #Poverty #Food #Democrats #Iran #OilShock #China #Russia #Diplomacy

    politico.com/news/2026/05/13/t

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    "How the Trump-Xi meeting became ‘the shrinking summit’ ~ President Donald Trump’s ambitions for his summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping have shrunk from ‘grand bargain’ to a plea for help in reopening the Strait of Hormuz."

    politico.com/news/2026/05/13/t

  23. #Loser - #Sucker

    "How the Trump-Xi meeting became ‘the shrinking summit’ ~ President Donald Trump’s ambitions for his summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping have shrunk from ‘grand bargain’ to a plea for help in reopening the Strait of Hormuz."

    #News #Politics #Nato #War #USA #Escalation #Europe #EU #Incompetence #Canada #INFLATION #Economy #Consumer #Finance #Poverty #Food #Democrats #Iran #OilShock #China #Russia #Diplomacy

    politico.com/news/2026/05/13/t

  24. #Loser - #Sucker

    "How the Trump-Xi meeting became ‘the shrinking summit’ ~ President Donald Trump’s ambitions for his summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping have shrunk from ‘grand bargain’ to a plea for help in reopening the Strait of Hormuz."

    #News #Politics #Nato #War #USA #Escalation #Europe #EU #Incompetence #Canada #INFLATION #Economy #Consumer #Finance #Poverty #Food #Democrats #Iran #OilShock #China #Russia #Diplomacy

    politico.com/news/2026/05/13/t

  25. It's morally wrong to allow a #sucker to keep his #money. -- W. C. Fields 💰

  26. A quotation from Thomas Carlyle

    Dupes indeed are many: but, of all dupes, there is none so fatally situated as he who lives in undue terror of being duped.

    Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
    Lecture (1840-05-22), “The Hero as King,” Home House, Portman Square, London

    More about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/82854…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomascarlyle #caution #cheating #chump #deception #defraud #distrust #dupe #fear #fool #fraud #lying #mistrust #pushover #sucker #trick #victim

  27. A quotation from Thomas Carlyle

    Dupes indeed are many: but, of all dupes, there is none so fatally situated as he who lives in undue terror of being duped.

    Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
    Lecture (1840-05-22), “The Hero as King,” Home House, Portman Square, London

    More about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/82854…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomascarlyle #caution #cheating #chump #deception #defraud #distrust #dupe #fear #fool #fraud #lying #mistrust #pushover #sucker #trick #victim

  28. A quotation from Thomas Carlyle

    Dupes indeed are many: but, of all dupes, there is none so fatally situated as he who lives in undue terror of being duped.

    Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
    Lecture (1840-05-22), “The Hero as King,” Home House, Portman Square, London

    More about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/82854…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomascarlyle #caution #cheating #chump #deception #defraud #distrust #dupe #fear #fool #fraud #lying #mistrust #pushover #sucker #trick #victim

  29. A quotation from Thomas Carlyle

    Dupes indeed are many: but, of all dupes, there is none so fatally situated as he who lives in undue terror of being duped.

    Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
    Lecture (1840-05-22), “The Hero as King,” Home House, Portman Square, London

    More about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/82854…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomascarlyle #caution #cheating #chump #deception #defraud #distrust #dupe #fear #fool #fraud #lying #mistrust #pushover #sucker #trick #victim