• someguy3
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    1 year ago

    If it’s stupid but it works, it’s not stupid.

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      1 year ago

      Using a steak knife and vodka to cut your testicles off so you won’t have children will work.

      It’s still stupid.

      I think the original phrase is “if it LOOKS stupid but it works, it’s not stupid” but I’m not a phraseologist. I leave that to more cunning linguists.

      • Blue@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Still, sometimes stupid solutions are the most simple, and therefore effective.