• BangCrash@lemmy.world
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    That’s literally the opposite of what it means though. The point of the phrase is that even people who are full of bad ideas occasionally come up with a good one.

    Ummm that’s literally exactly what I’m saying. You should re-read my comment cos you completely misunderstood my point

    • Passerby6497@lemmy.world
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      Your exact words were

      The notion that people are only wrong even if they are right. The idea that a bad person can’t change. Even if they do an empathetic action and care about someone they are still and will only ever be wrong.

      If that’s not what you meant, try to retype your comment so it says what you mean. Because what you said can’t really be parsed to mean

      The point of the phrase is that even people who are full of bad ideas occasionally come up with a good one.