Either this description is wrong or the phrase “fuck around and find out” has drifted significantly.
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I mostly here it used in an ironic/self-deprecating way to talk about exploratory experimental behaviors. This link seems to suggest it began as a posturing dare, warning adversaries NOT to be experimentally provocative.
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Oh, no. It’s a very threatening phrase. See also the philosopher Ice Cube’s “check yourself before you wreck yourself”.
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The key twist was applying it to science / empiricism / maker culture. Very recent reframing.
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