• brain_in_a_box@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    The phrase “poke the bear” usually implies the bear is sleeping. It doesn’t really have the same connotation when the bear was already actively mauling you before you poked it.

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      9 months ago

      Yeah don’t poke the bear that’s inside your house wrecking shit and killing your kids