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		datavirtue on June 29, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: National Geographic lays off its last remaining st... The owners just want the journalists gone. Rather, the want them licking their hands. Mission accomplished. The proletariate was getting uppity.

Y_Y on June 29, 2023 [–]

Is "licking their hands" an idiom? It's not familiar to me and useless Google only finds dog behaviour articles.

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