Anonymous ID: 02ac0f May 22, 2021, 2:40 a.m. No.13726121   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>6125 >>6130

'A meme that almost made me quit my family WhatsApp group'

Indian family WhatsApp groups are often sad places at the moment, as Covid continues to cause thousands of deaths per day in the country. But in families so far untouched by the crisis, edgy jokes and memes are sometimes causing tensions, says BBC gender and identity correspondent Megha Mohan.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-57165541

BBC gender and identity correspondent Megha Mohan?

WTF is this leftist bullshit?

Bwahahahahaha

And the faggots didn't even include a copy of the meme.

However, they described it thus:

It had India's Covid as its top story, accompanied by an aerial shot of dozens of burning funeral pyres watched by a handful of mourners in protective gear. The headline read, "Cremations Never End". Another family member followed with a link to an Australian article that accused Prime Minister Modi of leading India into what it called "an apocalypse".

Anonymous ID: 02ac0f May 22, 2021, 3:57 a.m. No.13726277   🗄️.is đź”—kun

>>13726261

Idiom Tips: Tow the Line or Toe the Line?

To “toe the line” means to follow the rules or obey an authority. However, people often misspell this phrase as “tow the line.” So, how can you avoid this error? And where does this idiom come from? Let’s take a look.

What Does “Toe the Line” Mean?

To “toe the line” is to follow the rules or do the expected thing. It often has a sense of obeying an authority so as not to cause trouble:

Sarah didn’t agree with the policy, but she decided to toe the company line.

Here, “toe the company line” means “follow the company’s rules.”

The misspelling “tow the line” emerged because “toe” and “tow” are homophones. In addition, “tow” is a familiar verb, while “toe” is usually a noun, so “tow” may seem more natural. But “tow the line” is always wrong.

The Etymology of the Phrase

No one knows quite where the phrase “toe the line” originally comes from. Some of the earliest uses come from accounts of life in the military, where soldiers would literally be required to stand with their toes up to the line.

Other similarly literal uses may have included children lining up in school, politicians in the British House of Commons, and runners standing at the starting line of a race (i.e., to stand with your toes up to the starting line).