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Mar. 9th, 2024 12:19 pmGuy pointing to my roommate's laptop screen at work: "See? He was our first Black president in the 1700s. President of the Confederacy. Right there."
Roommate: "OK. So this article is saying he was a senator from Liberia who was erroneously claimed as the first Black president of the United States."
Guy: ....
Roommate: "It's saying that's an erroneous claim."
Guy: "That's the same thing. It's claimed."
Roommate: "Erroneously."
Guy: "That's just a fancy way of saying it."
Roommate: "OK. So this article is saying he was a senator from Liberia who was erroneously claimed as the first Black president of the United States."
Guy: ....
Roommate: "It's saying that's an erroneous claim."
Guy: "That's the same thing. It's claimed."
Roommate: "Erroneously."
Guy: "That's just a fancy way of saying it."
