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Witches VS Patriarchy

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[–] nightmare786@leminal.space 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

then there's Giles Corey ... not burned, but pressed to death

[–] ButteryMonkey@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago

Oh no, that’s where the saying “I’d be hard pressed to do —“ came from, isn’t it.. (not that specific event but the uh.. method?)

People are horrible. Colloquialisms are (usually) horrible.