@merari42@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 7 months agoIf you could experience one historical event firsthand, which would it be and why?message-square101fedilinkarrow-up1115file-text
arrow-up1115message-squareIf you could experience one historical event firsthand, which would it be and why?@merari42@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 7 months agomessage-square101fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregregorumlinkfedilinkEnglish20•7 months agoi already have experienced a few in my lifetime. i can’t say that they were generally positive experiences.
minus-square@Jarix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink12•7 months agoMay you live in interesting times! Apparently this saying is a curse and not a blessing
minus-squaregregorumlinkfedilinkEnglish5•7 months agonobody knows that better than those who have lived in interesting times. as one of those people, i assure you it is.
minus-square@Jarix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•7 months agoI’ve never confirmed it, my understanding is it’s a very old phrase that has been mistaken. I want doubting it just my knowledge of it Love the confirmation of it’s accuracy though!
i already have experienced a few in my lifetime. i can’t say that they were generally positive experiences.
May you live in interesting times!
Apparently this saying is a curse and not a blessing
nobody knows that better than those who have lived in interesting times. as one of those people, i assure you it is.
I’ve never confirmed it, my understanding is it’s a very old phrase that has been mistaken. I want doubting it just my knowledge of it
Love the confirmation of it’s accuracy though!