Yes it is real:

https://twitter.com/SDSUCR/status/1324419964544053248

    • No_Values [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      You're the first person not to do the stupid "how the turn tables" 'joke' for at least 16+ months

      • lvysaur [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        do you mean because he phrased it "how the tables have turned" instead of "turntables"

        I was always confused why people said that, I learned the former one

        • No_Values [none/use name]
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          4 years ago

          Yes

          how the tables have turned

          is the correct version, replacing it with 'how the turntables' is a joke originally from the US version of The Office, it and similar variations became a 'meme' on reddit and elsewhere as couple of years ago, and it's rare to see the correct version anymore, and your comment cements that for me

          • lvysaur [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            oh, didn't know it was from the office, but knew it was a dumb reddit thing

            IMO repeating dumb reddit things brainlessly like that is inherently fascist because you also repeat the other stuff they say

            • No_Values [none/use name]
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              4 years ago

              Ah I see, I just see it so often these days that it seems conceivable the people writing it and by extension those reading it; don't realize they are making a joke/reference and believe they are using the phrase in the 'correct' way, and when it is used in an otherwise 'serious' comment/post it can be quite jarring

              • lvysaur [he/him]
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                4 years ago

                Ah I see, I just see it so often these days that it seems conceivable the people writing it and by extension those reading it; don’t realize they are making a joke/reference

                Yeah but do people really not know the phrase "how the tables have turned"?

                • No_Values [none/use name]
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                  4 years ago

                  You would have assumed so, but a lot of kids are pretty much raised on the internet so it would not surprise me that there are a lot of people out there who do not, and I've seen it used where a joke clearly wasn't intended, I also think it's been repeated so much that some who know better have in internalized it so much they use it without realizing

                  • lvysaur [he/him]
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                    4 years ago

                    but alot of kids are pretty much raised on the internet

                    Paul Krugman is a ghoul but I wish he was right sometimes

                    imagine entire generations of kids raised on reddit

    • redthebaron [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      LIKE It is the more likely way of you guys getting state healthcare than the democratic party doing it so it is an upgrade i feel

        • redthebaron [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          like it is pretty great

          SUS is the largest nondiscriminatory government-run public health care system in the world, by number of beneficiaries/users (virtually 100% of the Brazilian population; 220 million people), land area coverage (3.3 million square miles)

    • hotcouchguy [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      That would definitively end the US empire, so it'd be a good thing overall.