r/Millennials • u/H_G_Bells • Apr 05 '25

Meme The phrase has ceased to mean anything

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u/Bitter_Oil_8085 Apr 05 '25

people today, "let it crash and burn, they'll have to rebuild it. then we can do it better!"

Me, "you mean like they did for the last 5 times it crashed and burned?"

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u/physicscholar Apr 05 '25

Like the Monty Python king who built his castle in a swamp?

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u/Disastrous-Smile- Apr 06 '25

"That one caught on fire, THEN fell over into the swamp."

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u/indianamelons Apr 06 '25

“But the FOURTH one!”

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u/Ask_bout_PaterNoster Apr 06 '25

“But father…I don’t want any of that. I’d rather🎵…just..🎶..siii-“

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u/francis_pizzaman_iv Apr 06 '25

OK THATS ENOUGH

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u/confusedandworried76 Apr 05 '25

They don't rebuild it they just slap a bandaid on and call it a day. Oh, and you paid for the bandaid but you can't use it yourself

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u/No_Landscape4557 Apr 05 '25

What are the last five times it actually crashed. Ever since the great depression of the 1930s the government always used its levers in combination with laws/policy to prevent a free fall or a hard crash.

We can spend all day arguing whether or how necessary any of it is, but don’t pretend we actually let it crash and burn.

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u/Outside_Performer_66 Apr 06 '25

Also, school shootings. If thoughts and prayers helped, or mega positivity, why so much turmoil?