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[–] velma@lemmy.blahaj.zone 83 points 1 month ago (2 children)

How many times have you thought of the perfect response to someone hours after the fact?

It’s good that she stepped in to offer help at all.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's so common the French have a two (or four I don't speak French or apostrophe) words for it. L'esprit d'escalier. Wit of the step stack hallway.

[–] wieson@feddit.org 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hey we also say this xD
Treppenwitz meaning staircase joke

[–] vanillama@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

TIL, thanks for sharing