• plov_mix [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    Checks out — 1 mill died of Covid over the last two years and many yanks already forgot. Of course they don’t understand anything close to trauma

    In Chinese we describe such utter apathy and lack of shame as 没心没肺 “without heart or lungs.”

      • plov_mix [comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        Lol I honestly can’t think of any rationale … probably more just cuz the lung is close to the heart, and idioms typically have four characters to achieve some kind of witty rhythm. But yeah I’ve never thought of the cultural significance of lungs