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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It wasn’t actually Hemingway. Versions of the story can be found from 1906 when Hemingway was 7, and there is apparently no mention of a connection between him and the story before the 1990s.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Him and what story? Anyone interested in elucidating?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

For sale: baby shoes, never worn

It's a famous "six-word story" that is usually attributed to Ernest Hemingway. This meme's framing is a reference/parody of it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

baby shoes, never worn?