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[–] [email protected] 75 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

God I wish the worst thing this timeline had was Gen Z cringe, sounds like heaven.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I had a mentor tell me, "wish in one hand, shit in the other. Which one fills up first?". Not 100% sure what they meant, but it sounds provocative

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Shitting is more productive than wishing.

[–] Dkarma 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Aka stop wishing and go do things

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Stop wishing and go shit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

It's easier to understand if you say "wish into one hand, shit into the other. See which fills up first"

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[–] danekrae 54 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I feel so fucking old, spending all that time and energy, trying to translate the first half.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] danekrae 17 points 4 weeks ago

And a happy unc to you too.

[–] FenrirIII 9 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

We're going to need Linguistic Archeologists pretty soon.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Urban Dictionary and Knowyourmeme exist.

[–] tdawg 5 points 4 weeks ago

I feel like knowurmeme doesn't give me the same quality of value it once did

[–] bestagon 3 points 3 weeks ago

Those already exist

[–] OrteilGenou 27 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

It strikes me that this might be exactly why Rome prevailed.

"Commander, we are poised to break the Roman line! Our time is now! Give the order and their forces will be crushed!"

"Bruh I have like zero bars right now what the fuck"

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I think it's more that the Carthaginian army was unstoppable in the field but didn't have the necessary siege equipment or technical knowledge to take Rome before allied reinforcements arrived but sure why not, Hannibal didn't finish the job because he had no bars.

[–] Gustephan 3 points 3 weeks ago

So you're saying Hannibal didn't finish the job because he had no (cross)bars?

[–] Maggoty 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

So if I had a time machine you're saying it might be worth it to learn some ancient languages and take a book on basic siege engines back with me?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Maggoty 2 points 3 weeks ago

Alright, that was a wild ride. It turns out the dude thought his elephants were enough, but they just weren't. Barely made it out of there intact.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

What on earth does demure mean apart from its usual meaning?

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver 30 points 4 weeks ago

It was a meme to call everything "demure" for a while, stemming from a viral video.

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/very-demure-very-mindful

[–] htrayl 9 points 4 weeks ago

In this case, mostly being non-imposing in an "elegant" manner

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago

The same as its initial meaning, but lacking the "submission" context. It's a mindful attempt to be kind and facilitating to other people.

[–] Vladkar 23 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I long to be out there, with my brothers, waging war against the Empire

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

Those eyes have seen some pixels

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The Fall of Civilizations podcast had a wonderful episode about Carthage that I found very sad and beautiful.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

To be fair "sad and beautiful" is the standard for the Fall of Civilizations podcast

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I found the story of Carthage to be particularly interesting because they fell because Rome was so petty that they couldn't allow them to exist. Cato was a dick.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Cato was a dick.

Julius Caesar would like to award you a consulship.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago
[–] Snowclone 14 points 4 weeks ago

WE NEED TO GO BACK! WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ELEPHANTS!!!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

He should be in the Alps already if he’s serious about this.

[–] bhamlin 3 points 4 weeks ago

I hope he doesn't find a stranger there...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 weeks ago

Read Philip K Dick. He's got books about that.

[–] pyre 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

oh no kids use words I don't understand what a hellscape

[–] Agent641 3 points 3 weeks ago

Gyatt rizz, fam!

(I do not know what this means)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Ok but

I watched that Hawk Tuah thing and I'll admit I laughed pretty good.

I don't know why it became a meme though

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 weeks ago

Hawk Tuah was fascinating in observing the generational divide in meme cultures.

Boomers found it crass, GenX/Xilleniala mostly found it funny at face value, and Zillenials/GenZ made hawk tuak jokes steeped in 5 layers of irony because they found it "cringe".

It was Minions 2.0.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

I don’t know why it became a meme though

Cute girl talking about riding dick in a humorous way.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

We need to erase Christopher Columbus

[–] P1k1e 4 points 4 weeks ago

Siiiiiiiiiiiiiick

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Apparently it didn't work.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Or maybe it did and we were saved from a worse path.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm definitely not mentally prepared to find out what the timeline worse than this one is like.

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

I'm sure that timeline was just as boring and dumb, except that the soviet officer that stopped the nuke being fired during the cuban missile crisis was in the other room, and the world ended in 1962.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Hmm, is that really worse? Sounds like we were put out of our misery.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

I was considering a line at the end about how it may have been a more merciful timeline for many, sadlol.

[–] Maggoty 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It turns out Carthage is the never ending empire that rips open the chaos realms and brings about Warhammer 40k. Romulus and Remus were actually time travelers sent back to save the universe.

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