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		black_puppydog on Aug 26, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New facts about the leadup to the Beirut explosion Hey, don't mangle your metaphors! The ivory tower is full of tweed-wearing humanities and economics professors that nobody pays attention to. You must be thinking of some other building, full with fat cats. :P

comprev on Aug 27, 2020 | [–]

Thank you for the correction, I had ivory in my head for some reason. Oh well, it still gets the point across with context :-)

JKCalhoun on Aug 26, 2020 | [–]

Sitting in their high castles then.

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