Date: May 30th, 2014 7:35 PM Author: excitant pea-brained hall ratface
And you've only scratched the surface. To be fair though, Ben Franklin is like one of the top 5 greatest most well-rounded bros of the last several hundred years.
Date: September 9th, 2026 4:49 PM Author: Abnormal Immigrant
In this context, XO refers to an Executive Order. In other words, Ben Franklin never signed an Executive Order while President of the United States of America.
Date: May 30th, 2014 8:40 PM Author: orchid dragon
Sure he didn't always practice what he preached but was self-aware enough to know it; admitted he was vain but didn't think anything was wrong with vanity.
I guess I see where you're coming from (the smug reading) but I don't hate him for it. If anyone should be smug, it should be the people who deserve to be, like Ben Fucking Franklin.
"The Water American" as they called him in the print shop since he drank water while they drank beer, and could carry TWO printing things up the stairs where they could only rock ONE.
Seriously though it's a 180 book and everyone should read it.