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ret5hd

(21,559 posts) Thu Jun 26, 2025, 05:19 PM Thursday

Turkish Proverb (seen elsewhere):

The forest was shrinking,
But the Trees kept voting for the Axe,
For the Axe was clever and convinced the Trees that because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them.

just seemed apropos. carry on.