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Leopards Ate My Face

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Original title: 'Catastrophe': Trump economy kills 1 in 3 jobs in deep-red Nebraska town

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[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 30 points 2 days ago (7 children)
[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I've always thought that was from the old military expression, 2 in the chest, 1 in the head.

[–] monsieur_hackerman@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I guess it depends on how you want to treat them, it's nice to have options though

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

It really wouldn't surprise me if the shocker originated from that phrase as well. 20 years ago it was almost an unofficial salute.

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