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There Is Zero Difference Between Good And Bad Things

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There Is Zero Difference Between Good And Bad Things refers to a tweet by Dril that has been widely repeated as a catchphrase to mock people taking a neutral stance between something thought of as obviously "good" and something thought of as obviously "bad." The tweet has been praised as one of Dril's most influential in the ten years since it was posted.

Origin

On June 1st, 2014, Dril[1] tweeted, "the wise man bowed his head solemnly and spoke: "theres actually zero difference between good & bad things. you imbecile. you fucking moron." The post gained over 31,000 and 67,000 likes in ten years.


wint @dril Follow the wise man bowed his head solemnly and spoke: "theres actually zero differencee between good & bad things. you imbecile. you f------ moron"

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Over the following decade, the tweet has been quoted to comment on morally grey characters and mock those who take a "both sides" approach to online debate. For example, on February 15th, 2019, Twitter user @joncstone[3] posted the phrase to comment on a political commentator posing a hypothetical about students in England marching for conservative policies, gaining over 30 retweets and 270 likes in five and a half years.


Jon Stone @joncstone theres actually zero difference between good & bad things (((Dan Hodges))) @DPJHodges • Feb 15, 2019 If a group of kids took the day of school to express support for Brexit, or oppose unmanaged migration, or express support for capital punishment, how many people would say "Good for them. Great to see young people being politically engaged". 5:32 PM Feb 15, 2019

On April 20th, 2020, Redditor fyrenmahlahzor posted the quote to /r/ENLIGHTENEDCENTRISM[2] to joke about a different Redditor arguing that destroying "pro racist" and "anti racist" statues are equally bad crimes, gaining over 6,400 points in four and a half years.


← r/ENLIGHTENEDCENTRISM • 5 yr. ago fyrenmalahzor "there's actually zero difference between good and bad things. you imbecile. you f------ moron" LordBogus 2h To play the devils advocate: So its ok to destroy pro-racist things but its not ok to destroy anti racist things?? Wow America has changed. Just because your against someone its not ok to destroy someone's property. Reply 85

On April 26th, 2023, Twitter user @csilverandgold[4] opined that Dril's post and his "racism dial" post "are legitimately two of the best thought tools for understanding contemporary American life from any source not just the internet," gaining over 290 retweets and 3,200 likes in a year and a half.


Good Vibes Stan Acct @csilverandgold 175 The racism dial and "the wise man bowed his head.." are legitimately two of the best thought tools for understanding contemporary American life from any source not just the internet. 7:04 PM Apr 16, 2023

Various Examples


ALICE wint @dril the wise man bowed his head solemnly and spoke: "there:s actually zero difference between good & bad things. you imbecile. you f------ moron" J @jemiggb The wise man bowed his head solemnly and spoke: "There's actually zero difference between expanding the franchise and restricting it" Tweet Andy Burnham @AndyBurnha.... 14h Can @Conservatives honestly hold their hands up and say they made no calculation about securing a political advantage when deciding to introduce voter ID? 1,473 1,725 7,815 ill 755K 企 @Tomorrow's MPs @tomorrowsmps And can Labour honestly hold their hands up and say they made no calculation about securing a political advantage when deciding to introduce postal voting on demand, or back votes at 16? 21:37.14/04/2023 896 Views wint_eaboo @dril_eaboo the wise man bowed his head solemnly and spoke: "theres actually zero difference between good & bad things. you imbecile. you f------ moron" 7:11 PM Feb 14, 2023 Nathan Bishop @nathan_h_b the wise man bowed his head solemnly and spoke: "theres actually zero difference between good & bad teams. you imbecile. you f------ moron. go hawks." Seattle Seahawks @Seahawks • Jan 13, 2023 Nothing to lose. Everything to gain. 1:18 . 9:08 PM Jan 13, 2023 Joey Politano @JosephPolitano the wise man bowed his head solemnly and spoke: "theres actually zero difference between taxes on good & bad things" Contrast economists' disdain for tariffs with their enthusiasm for carbon taxes. Taxing carbon would make many things more expensive for consumers, but economists embrace it as an elegant way to reduce emissions. Imposing a cost on a category of economic activity cannot be inherently foolish in one case (tariffs) and brilliant in another (carbon taxes). The question must be whether imposing that cost would be worth the benefits that it brings. David Deming: Break up Big Econ 8:27 PM - Sep 25, 2024 owint power @buffalo_dril the wise man bowed his head solemnly and spoke: "theres actually zero difference between partrick kane & jiri Kulich. you imbecile. you f------ moron" jake @jakesnakefromst Sep 27, 2023 there's no guarantee Patrick Kane will return to being elite there's no guarantee that Jack Quinn, Jiri Kulich, Isak Rosen will be elite this year Show more 4:26 PM - Sep 27, 2023

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External References

[1] Twitter – Dril

[2] Reddit – /r/ENGLIGHTENEDCENTRISM

[3] Twitter – joncstone

[4] Twitter – csilverandgold

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