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Thinking about whoever said that by accepting a meal from people and then arresting them ICE agents broke a cultural taboo that was invented by, like, the first humans to set up a tent

Diane Airbus

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1 Feb

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Diane Airbus

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1 Feb

The number of historical parallels people are citing in my menchies is mind boggling

Diane Airbus

@cheatlines.co

1 Feb

(Also, more than two people have provided examples of being the potential "whoever" in "whoever said", so... good take)

Diane Airbus

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Yeah this too. Odysseus could follow the throughline and we wouldn't even have to explain smartphones or anything bsky.app/profile/jack...

jack@jackalltogether.bsky.social

this line of thinking first jumped out at me when we ordered the navy to fire on shipwrecked men. profanities abound

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Diane Airbus

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1 Feb

it was this one ty/sorry @patrickwyman.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/patr...

Patrick Wyman@patrickwyman.bsky.social

This is the kind of shit that would make you completely outside the bounds of any ancient society, the gods bestow generational curses for violating hospitality

Diane Airbus

@cheatlines.co

1 Feb

as an apology i will listen to your pod cast which sounds good as hell

Possum Acquainter

@possumacquainter.bsky.social

1 Feb

the prehistory series of Tides Of History is fuckin ballerrrrrrrr

ru ding ware

@nvyx.bsky.social

1 Feb

it’s the only thing redeeming the medium

jam

@socialistboat.dad

1 Feb

He's very good especially at interviewing academics

The worst person you know

@postingposter.bsky.social

1 Feb

There are three of them. Tides of History, Fall of Rome, and Past Lives. Of the three, I prefer the latter, as zoomed-in historical narratives are very much my bag.

I Need a Cocktail

@iantuck.bsky.social

1 Feb

TIL you can use "latter" for lists of more than two things. Is there a term for the middle item?

Patrick Wyman

@patrickwyman.bsky.social

1 Feb

Lmaooooo no apologies, we're all just Posting, who can remember where we saw something???

Ironbound

@ironbound.bsky.social

1 Feb

pod cast(s)

Count Xavier Van Damned

@charlesxavier.bsky.social

2 Feb

Yeah - I wrote this before, but the Iliad is the foundational text of Western literature, and it's literally about someone violating Xenia(Greek hospitality law) and the repercussions of it.