• deltapi@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    ? That’s usually a reference to British soldiers especially during the musket era. What’s it mean here?

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      4 months ago

      it’s a joke that a lot of people copyedit or mark students’ work in red pen, a pun on the thin X line, a(n arguably risible) belief that those in a particular uniform are the only thing keeping society intact.