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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Can anyone explain? Sorry

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

The Complaint Tablet to Ea-nasir is an ancient Babylonian clay tablet dating back to 1750 BC inscribed by customer Nanni to merchant Ea-nasir, complaining about Ea-nasir selling him sub-par copper, a practice Ea-nasir was known for. [knowyourmeme, wikipedia]

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (4 children)

What does it have to do with jerking?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

The term jerk came from this point in history.

"The guy that sold this copper to me was a jerking."

This was mistranslated to:

"The guy that sold this copper to me was a jerk."

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