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but what does it mean when ppl say "the pot calling the kettle black" like help
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Anonymous 3w

Bc a pot (think like a cauldron) is a black thing, and kettles in the day were also black, so it’s like calling someone else out on shit that you’re doing, like ‘way to be hypocritical’

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Anonymous 3w

Calling someone a hypocrite, like “you get mad at others for doing the same thing you’re doing”

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3w

ohhhh

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Anonymous 3w

think of it like the spider-man pointing at spider-man meme.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3w

this, but also not just literally tge color black as if that’s bad, but black at in covered in soot or dirty. The implication is pointing out someone doing something wrong(kinda) while also doing something similar

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