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		btilly on March 10, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Open Source Initiative bans co-founder, Eric S Ray... That is what I meant, and that is what the idiom usually means. See https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/couldn%27t+have+happene... for verification.

gpanders on March 11, 2020 [–]

> Sometimes used sarcastically when referring to a negative event happening to an unpleasant person.

Interesting! I've never heard this used in a sarcastic way. My mistake.

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