It's amazing how often quotes get bastardized.
I think the most common is "Money is the root of all evil," instead of "The love of money is the root of all evil."
"Blood is thicker than Water." Family ties are more important than anything...
Except, it's "Blood of the Covenant is thicker than Water of the Womb" which is the exact opposite. Those bonds you goose to form are stronger because you chose them.
Sorry, but that one is bullshit. Not that I disagree with the sentiment, but we have instances of “blood is thicker than water” that date much, much earlier than the alternate version.
That was the context in which it was brought up... Idk, at least to me, the implication of the word "bastardized" is that it got degraded and changed over time. Which is not true in this case. "Blood is thicker than water" was not bastardized from anything, it's always meant exactly what it still means
The only time I pay cash for anything now is when it's a cash only transaction, which is pretty uncommon. So I keep a couple of bucks in change in a coin purse, just in case. I can't even remember the last time I had to pull it out, though, thankfully, because I can't stand it either. I was sooo happy when we got rid of pennies, too. It made a big difference in how much change you had to deal with.
I think they realise it, they're just not taking it literally. It would obviously be insane to think that a single bad police officer ruins it for every police officer in their nation, so they're altering it to "just a few" instead to indicate they still don't think it's enough bad apples to spoil the bunch
That's what I'm subconsciously doing when I say "bad apples", anyway
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u/EveningOperation1648 1d ago
Everyone likes to say it’s just a ‘few bad apples’ but fail to realize the actual quote they are referring to: ‘one bad apple spoils the bunch’.