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[–] HairyHarry@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

To their defence: Maybe they thought this was a real quote JFK actually said, and not a tweet from the 60s.

Harry's Razor:

Never attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by misunderstanding.

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

I wonder if Hanlon shaved with Harry's Razors?

Hanlon's razor is "Never attribute to malice any action that can be attributed to stupidity." And it keeps me going some days

[–] Zorcron@piefed.zip 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] HairyHarry@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Or this conversation never happened or both are the same human/bot.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago

The quote is often said as "stupidity" or "incompetence". Which could very well be the case here.