Mudkipology@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 years agoThe saying is "eat the rich" because "kill the rich" would get you banned from social media, yet eat implies cannibalism and is thus more offensive.message-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down118
arrow-up176arrow-down1message-squareThe saying is "eat the rich" because "kill the rich" would get you banned from social media, yet eat implies cannibalism and is thus more offensive.Mudkipology@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squarebemenaker@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up60·2 years agoEat the rich existed long before social media
minus-squareMudkipology@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down19·2 years agoTIL, but I still think it took off in the social media era in place of other phrases because it doesn’t directly suggest violence.
minus-squareMonkey With A Shell@lemmy.socdojo.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·2 years agoSomething about when all else is gone and the world is in chaos, eat rhe rich because you can’t eat money. There was an original quote I can’t reacall exactly but it’s to that effect.
minus-squareKalkaline @lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-22 years agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eat_the_Rich_(Aerosmith_song)?wprov=sfla1 was popular before social media, it’s like saying “groovy” got popular because of influencers.
Eat the rich existed long before social media
TIL, but I still think it took off in the social media era in place of other phrases because it doesn’t directly suggest violence.
Something about when all else is gone and the world is in chaos, eat rhe rich because you can’t eat money. There was an original quote I can’t reacall exactly but it’s to that effect.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eat_the_Rich_(Aerosmith_song)?wprov=sfla1 was popular before social media, it’s like saying “groovy” got popular because of influencers.