Kinda like the word “delicacy”, which only ever refers to nasty indigenous food you must pretend to enjoy to avoid offending them.
The phrase "mild-mannered" is meant to convey that nobody would suspect they are a superhero, but nowadays it is exclusively associated with secret superheroes
Submitted 2 months ago by Freshparsnip@lemm.ee to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 months ago
irishPotato@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Well, and serial killers…
nesc@lemmy.cafe 2 months ago
Is it?
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Isn’t it?
Today@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It is