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[–] Zink@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think the saying is that possession is 9/10 of the law.

But I agree. Of course they intended to fuck people over. That’s their job, pretty much.

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Zink@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I did check myself before I posted that. In fact, if you type “intent is 9/10 of the law” into DDG, the entire first page of results gives you “possession is 9/10 of the law” instead.

But to be fair, I did see two examples of the intent version after scrolling through the first few pages.

I stand corrected