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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** I seem to be making more homonym typos lately. Sign that typing is now oral culture directed by auditory speech circuits?
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I don’t get how it’s an antonym to the Gadsden flag (“don’t tread on me”) though. It’s more like a synonym that’s left-coded? Also is it significant that the parody snake is a cobra (with a grenade…? Suicide-bomb signifier?) rather than a rattler?
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The drift to positive valence is something like culture war neutral-ironic? You accept the risks of potentially treading on dangerous critters…
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I don’t think I’ve ever seen or heard the aggressive version in the wild; not on Twitter and definitely not irl. I live a peaceful life in good online and offline neighborhoods apparently.
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just ran into some myself, wasn't looking
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