Why is the phrase as popular as it is?

On another note, I also don’t quite understand what it means or implies. When someone doesn’t have faith in humanity, what does that mean?

Also, what is the humanity in the phrase? Do they mean all 8 billion people? Or is humanity understood here as something metaphysical?

    • dmention7English
      11·
      11 months ago

      https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/faith-in-humanity-restored

      Edited to add: I know it’s kind of pithy to respond with just a link, but that’s really all there is to it. Like “a gentleman and a scholar” or “full of win”, it’s just a phrase that someone typed out of hyperbole, and people latched onto it, turning it into a meme.

    • CashewNut 🏴󠁢󠁥󠁧󠁿@lemmy.world
      110·
      11 months ago

      You want me to pluck the very first instance a sentence was written on Reddit? I don’t know the exact date. I was around and watched it and many other phrases and memes organically appear and then disappear.

      It’s like asking for an etymology for the word “bat” and expecting an exact date of first usage.