go backwards
To decline or deteriorate; to get worse.
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You can go backwards in time and repurpose this headline by replacing the first word with things like “Inflation”, “The Pandemic”, “The Recession”, “The Subprime Mortgage Crisis”, “The Dot Com Bubble” and so on.
It all started with Fox News...Then SCOTUS, then Citizens United. We can't go backwards; we can only fix our mistakes. How to get Fox News off the air is an important puzzle. Expanding SCOTUS when the next president i…
Every time he stops and tries to explain why "man go backwards but also forwards" in TENET it gets stupider. It's his masterpiece TBH.
Okay to "fire across trails"? Are they kidding?? The terrible never ends. It's like they can't go backwards fast enough. "Trump administration spikes hunting rules on federal lands" www.newser.com/story/388507...
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(obsolete, slang) To defecate; to visit the privy.
“It all started with Fox News...Then SCOTUS, then Citizens United. We can't go backwards; we can only fix our mistakes. How to get Fox News off the air is an important puzzle. Expanding SCOTUS when the next president is a Democrat is crucial.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Every time he stops and tries to explain why "man go backwards but also forwards" in TENET it gets stupider. It's his masterpiece TBH.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Okay to "fire across trails"? Are they kidding?? The terrible never ends. It's like they can't go backwards fast enough. "Trump administration spikes hunting rules on federal lands" www.newser.com/story/388507...”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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To decline or deteriorate; to get worse.
“You can go backwards in time and repurpose this headline by replacing the first word with things like “Inflation”, “The Pandemic”, “The Recession”, “The Subprime Mortgage Crisis”, “The Dot Com Bubble” and so on.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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