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

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• nesc@lemmy.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Is it?

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  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Isn’t it?

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    • Today@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It is

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• intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Kinda like the word “delicacy”, which only ever refers to nasty indigenous food you must pretend to enjoy to avoid offending them.

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• irishPotato@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Well, and serial killers…

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