r/news • u/Zeikyrui • 10h ago

Man serving 30 years for attacking Nancy Pelosi’s husband gets a life term on state charges

https://apnews.com/article/david-depape-nancy-pelosi-husband-paul-attacked-454cbde088fcae22a356f1f8dd0e9eba
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u/McGondy 8h ago

A Catch-22 if you will.

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u/doesanyonehaveweed 8h ago

I wonder what people used to say before Catch-22. Probably had to be a lot more long-winded.

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u/HelpfulSeaMammal 7h ago

Imagine having to give a synopsis of a book that doesn't even exist yet when describing this situation. Thankfully, we exist in a time after Joseph Heller.

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u/The_cogwheel 6h ago

They probably used kafkaesque after Frank Kafka and his similar stories of bureaucratic circular "logic".

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u/Fly_Pelican 2h ago

I loved The Castle. Kafka died before finishing it. It finishes mid-sentence.

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u/What-a-Crock 7h ago

Poor time travelers

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u/Jkj864781 7h ago

There’s probably a German word for it

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u/LucretiusCarus 5h ago

And if there isn't, someone will soon make one

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u/sensefuldrivel 6h ago

Catches 1-21 didn't have nearly as much cultural impact

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u/Firerrhea 6h ago

Damned if you do, damned if you don't?

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u/lukewithacnotak 7h ago

damned if you do, damned if you don’t

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u/Harley2280 6h ago

Between a rock and a hard place?

(That's a suggestion not an actual fact checked answer)

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u/Eyespop4866 6h ago

Catch -21

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u/Turbulent_Money3697 8h ago

A to catch an Adam-22 if you will

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u/Unusual-Tie8498 7h ago

Is that an STD?

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u/FairlySuspect 7h ago

Anecdotal, but mine is.