jwgriffiths
jwgriffiths t1_j9knu6v wrote
Reply to TIL Mark Twain is often wrongly credited with the quote: "I would have written a shorter letter, but did not have the time." Earliest credit goes to French mathematician and philospher Blaise Pascal in “Lettres Provinciales,” 1657. by jeremyjava
So, he never said that? Or was he not the first to say that? Different things.
jwgriffiths t1_j672te6 wrote
Reply to TIFU by inadvertently getting my boss fired, making life even worse and now maybe getting fired myself by [deleted]
Sounds like things are working out as they should
jwgriffiths t1_iyx3rn2 wrote
Reply to comment by mouthdrummer in Park gutters built from 1800s gravestones in San Francisco by old_gold_mountain
jwgriffiths t1_jebqh0h wrote
Reply to It is odd that some people support the right to bear arms, but reject the right to read books by schadenfreudender
People pick and choose the parts of the Constitution they support/don’t support all the time. The ones that hate the Second Amendment crack me up, though, since that’s the one that protects all the others.