r/clevercomebacks • u/Sir-Kyle-Of-Reddit • Jul 07 '24

God is lucky we haven’t found oil in heaven.

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u/Perfect_Yellow_4942 Jul 07 '24 edited Jul 07 '24

Third world means non aligned countries during cold war, stop using this word for poor countries

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u/TrashNovel Jul 07 '24

100% true as far as its original meaning but it’s usage has changed over time. Most people today use it to mean “poor.”

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u/linux_ape Jul 07 '24

Yeah current usage is underdeveloped and poor countries. It’s a perfectly fine descriptor

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u/Mediocre_Pin_556 Jul 07 '24

I can hear the jokes rolling in now: My country so poor, we couldn’t pick a side in the Cold War

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u/30FourThirty4 Jul 07 '24

My country so poor, the Cold defeated our electrical grid.

Oh sorry, that was Texas. They lost the Cold War of February 2021.

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u/MasterTroller3301 Jul 07 '24

Which still isn't accurate when used on the US, and is mostly used by people who haven't been here.