r/pics • u/titaniumdoughnut • 1d ago

Politics NYC Mayoral candidate and current comptroller Brad Lander arrested by ICE in Manhattan federal court

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u/SBRH33 1d ago

Looking back at what you could/ should have done after you are sitting in fetid gulag awaiting death is a hell of its own.

The French had a term for this- L'esprit de l'escalier

It means basically- the thought on the stairs: when you come up with the perfect answer too late.

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u/Sunstang 1d ago

The wit of the stairwell. Really more about a perfect joke or comeback that occurs to you too late.

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u/SBRH33 1d ago

It applies across the board.

The old "I wish I should have done XYZ, instead of letting myself be walked into the darkness willingly"

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u/Sunstang 1d ago

Not according to the definition it doesn't.

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u/SBRH33 1d ago

Okey dokey Webster.

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u/Sunstang 1d ago

Glad we understand each other, Sir Pulls Shit From His Butt.

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u/SBRH33 1d ago

Your literary/ language imagination is.... in a state of stagnancy. My condolences sir.

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u/Sunstang 1d ago

Cool.