ONLY A SITH DEALS IN ABSOLUTES! / NO WAIT, I PHRASED THAT POORLY. THAT'S NOT PRECISELY WHAT I MEANT... I MEAN TO SAY THAT A SITH WOULD BE MUCH, MUCH MORE LIKELY TO ROUTINELY DEAL IN ABSOLUTES THAN ONE WHO WAS NOT A SITH, WHICH IS TO SAY YOU ARE DEALING IN ABSOLUTES IN ALMOST THE SAME MANNER AS A SITH WOULD, AND WHEN I USE THE WORD "DEALING," I AM REFERRING TO YOUR CHOICES OF BEHAVIOR, BECAUSE LET'S FACE IT, ANAKIN, MUCH OF YOUR RECENT BEHAVIOR HAS BEEN VERY SITH-LIKE.
A Only a Sith Deals in Absolutes post.
"You never take the bins out," says your partner, absolutely. You took them out on Tuesday. You don't say anything, absolutely. Someone in the comments says every film made after 1999 is bad, without exception. They're writing it on a phone made in 2024, in a thread about a 2005 film. "I would never buy a car that colour," says your friend, three weeks before buying a car in that colour. It's a lovely colour now, apparently. Your gym coach says you must never skip leg day. Your legs, the morning after, are making a strong case for absolutes of their own. **Why it caught on:** in Revenge of the Sith (2005) Anakin tells Obi-Wan on Mustafar "If you're not with me, then you're my enemy," and Obi-Wan answers "Only a Sith deals in absolutes" - which is, of course, an absolute. The sub has never once let it go, and quotes it at anyone who says "always", "never" or "everyone knows".