If this a troll, I’ll bite.
Mr. Connery, the phrase is “barley men”, not “barely men”.
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DupaCycki@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Interesting how when ‘barely men’ revolted they managed to slaughter ’organized armies of real men’ 10x their number.
frog@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
- DupaCycki@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I wish it was a troll. I just can’t read.
frog@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
At least your comment stopped a lot of other readers from reading it the same way. You made the world better.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
I misread the post too, but chalked it up to mocking conservatives for believing it would make them barely men.
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
If have gone with a more obvious joke format like “men? I barley knew them!”.