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February 12, 2023
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“For legal reasons, everything I post on Facebook is a joke”

"For legal reasons, everything I post on Facebook/Twitter is a joke" is a social media saying that has been printed on many images. "For legal reasons, everything I say is a…

February 12, 2023
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“For legal reasons, everything I post on Twitter is a joke”

"For legal reasons, everything I post on Facebook/Twitter is a joke" is a social media saying that has been printed on many images. "For legal reasons, everything I say is a…

February 12, 2023
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“For legal reasons, everything I tweet is a joke”

"For legal reasons, everything I post on Facebook/Twitter is a joke" is a social media saying that has been printed on many images. "For legal reasons, everything I say is a…

September 10, 2017
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“Free Wi-Fi! He’s been in prison too long!”

Many restaurants have signs that say "Free Wi-Fi," but that doesn't mean that someone named "Wi-Fi" is in jail. A jocular comment was posted on Reddit -- Jokes on September…

December 10, 2024
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“Free Wi-Fi….said my local library. Great, I thought! So I walked out with their router”

"Free Wi-Fi" can be misunderstood. This joke was posted on Sickipedia on December 11, 2024: "Free Wi-Fi....said my local library. Great, I thought! So I walked out with their…

September 8, 2025
Government/Law/Military/Religion /HealthMedia/Newspapers/Magazines/InternetWork/Businesses

“Freedom doesn’t come with a barcode”

"Freedom is not a QR code" is a saying that has been printed on many images. A QR code can track the user and lead to digital enslavement. "Freedom is not a QR code" was posted…

September 7, 2025
Government/Law/Military/Religion /HealthMedia/Newspapers/Magazines/InternetWork/Businesses

“Freedom doesn’t come with a QR code”

"Freedom is not a QR code" is a saying that has been printed on many images. A QR code can track the user and lead to digital enslavement. "Freedom is not a QR code" was posted…

September 7, 2025
Government/Law/Military/Religion /HealthMedia/Newspapers/Magazines/InternetWork/Businesses

“Freedom is not a QR code”

"Freedom is not a QR code" is a saying that has been printed on many images. A QR code can track the user and lead to digital enslavement. "Freedom is not a QR code" was posted…

September 8, 2025
Government/Law/Military/Religion /HealthMedia/Newspapers/Magazines/InternetWork/Businesses

“Freedom is not programmable”

"Freedom is not a QR code" is a saying that has been printed on many images. A QR code can track the user and lead to digital enslavement. "Freedom is not a QR code" was posted…

January 11, 2018
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“Fun Fact: There’s more time spent installing Adobe updates than the actual use of Adobe”

"Fun Fact: There’s more time spent installing Adobe updates than the actual use of Adobe" is a jocular one-line saying about a computer user's relationship with Adobe software.…

July 30, 2009
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“Get It First, But First Get It Right” (International News Service)

"Get It First, But First Get It Right" was the slogan of the International New Service (INS), founded by newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst in 1909. The slogan is cited in print…

January 30, 2015
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please”

Mark Twain (the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemons, 1835-1910) said in an interview with Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) in Elmira, New York, in 1889 (published in Kipling's From Sea to Sea in…

May 25, 2023
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“Get your head out of your apps” (smartphone message)

"Get your head out of your apps" is a saying that has been printed on many images. It's a pun on "get your head out of your ass." The saying was first used to advise people…

August 18, 2021
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/InternetPets (Dogs, Cats, Horses)

“Getting offended by something on the internet is like choosing to step in dog crap”

"Getting offended by something posted on the internet is like choosing to step in dog crap/poop/shit instead of walking around it" is a saying that has been printed on many images. That…

August 18, 2021
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/InternetPets (Dogs, Cats, Horses)

“Getting offended by something on the internet is like choosing to step in dog poop”

"Getting offended by something posted on the internet is like choosing to step in dog crap/poop/shit instead of walking around it" is a saying that has been printed on many images. That…

August 18, 2021
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/InternetPets (Dogs, Cats, Horses)

“Getting offended by something on the internet is like choosing to step in dog shit”

"Getting offended by something posted on the internet is like choosing to step in dog crap/poop/shit instead of walking around it" is a saying that has been printed on many images. That…

May 12, 2024
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/InternetPets (Dogs, Cats, Horses)

“Getting offended by something posted on the internet is like choosing to step in dog shit instead of walking around it”

"Getting offended by something posted on the internet is like choosing to step in dog crap/poop/shit instead of walking around it" is a saying that has been printed on many images. That…

July 26, 2019
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“Girls are like phones. We love to be held and talked to, but if you press the wrong button…”

"Girls/Women are like phones. They/We love to be held and talked to, but if you press the wrong button you’ll be disconnected!" is a saying that has been printed on many images.…

March 21, 2018
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“Give a Nigerian a fish and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a Nigerian to phish and he becomes a prince”

A popular proverb is: "Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.” A version of this involves the Nigerian advance-fee scam: "Give…

December 8, 2019
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“Gmail: Someone has signed into your account!” (joke)

Many online services alert: "Someone has signed into your account!" Often, it's just the user signing on from a different device, but a "panic" joke was posted on Twitter…

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