Post #2519525
2026-04-21 00:30 UTC
@carlton@chaos.social HELL YES.
Except for the bit where it *is* possible to read any work without being reminded... because the vast majority of people who use and hear the term *don't know it originated in a work of satire*. Poe's law, writ large.
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@mdione@en.osm.town 2026-04-21 06:47
@freakboy3742@cloudisland.nz @carlton@chaos.social which book? Edit: found it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rise_of_the_Meritocracy
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@taoish@mastodonapp.uk 2026-04-21 07:23
@freakboy3742@cloudisland.nz @carlton@chaos.social Thank you. What an obnoxious humblebrag!