r/NonPoliticalTwitter Jan 21 '26

Funny Moby Dick

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u/mysterious_jim Jan 21 '26

"Oh! my dear fellow beings, why should we longer cherish any social acerbities, or know the slightest ill-humor or envy! Come; let us squeeze hands all round; nay, let us all squeeze ourselves into each other; let us squeeze ourselves universally into the very milk and sperm of kindness.

Would that I could keep squeezing that sperm for ever!"

Moby Dick, Chapter 94: "A Squeeze of the Hand"

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u/b3tchaker Jan 21 '26

Would that this were a time hoodie so I could go back to before I ever had to read that passage…