I hate this expression. Maybe it was slightly clever the first time, but I don't think so. What does it even fucking mean, it "rhymes"?
That's my cranky old bastard rant for the day.
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I hate this expression. Maybe it was slightly clever the first time, but I don't think so. What does it even fucking mean, it "rhymes"?
That's my cranky old bastard rant for the day.
Also, what’s with wanting to ban words. Never a good start.
If you find yourself wanting phrases or words banned, stop. You can only control your own vocabulary. Policing language is controlling thoughts of others.
Valid point. I shouldn't have said banned. I had seen that phrase once too often that day and snapped. I don't want any words banned
Human nature does not change throughout the ages. As humans we have the same wants, hopes, desires and wishes as our great, great grandparents. Because we are shaped by technology, the method in which we go achieve these goals is different.
I’ve always liked the phrase, because it reminds us that what has happened before will happen again. Maybe it is overused today.
Well... I guess the closest thing history rhymes with is mystery.
I just got an email from Luke Gromen using the phrase, and "apocryphally" attributing it to Mark Twain. I hope he never said it.
The Suez Crisis is pretty similar to what's happening now with the Strait of Hormuz.
Those who don't learn from history are doomed to rhyme it.
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It would seem to mean that historical events only bear a superficial resemblance to each other, while having no logical connection.
You're right. I didn't analyze it that deeply.
Neither did the person who coined it
here's my favorite retort to this, courtesy of economic historians Rondo Cameron and Larry Neal in 2003:
"those who are ignorant of the past are not qualified to generalize about it.""those who are ignorant of the past are not qualified to generalize about it."
I don't mind it. I think captures and simplifies a useful idea.
Maybe it's because lately I seem to hear it at least once a day.
I hear you. Sometimes it makes you wonder if it is an idea intentionally being planted in the minds of the masses or if it is just the mimetic nature of humans.