Mudkipology@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year 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 · 1 year agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareMudkipology@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down19·1 year 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-up17·1 year 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-21 year 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.
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.