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Don’t underestimate my desire to not wanna

#when I MUST make a phone call

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by odwyer_sio9

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love the word “rapscallion”. like not only are you a rascal but you’re also kind of spring onion about it too

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i had a joke about orpheus and eurydice but looking back it wasn't a good idea

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I find it incredibly funny from a meta/author perspective, that Ancient Greece decided to name their protagonist that angers many people “Anger Bringer” but, even funnier, is the in universe understating that anyone who meets Odysseus must have had the thought “oh dear, how unfortunate to be named hateful/hated” and then they have exactly One conversation with him and go “Ah I see now”

For reference, Odysseus’ name sounds very much like the Greek word odussomai, which can roughly mean “I am angry at” or “I am the cause of anger” (or simply “to hate” or “to dismiss”), a fact that is used for ironic effect frequently in the Odyssey.

It’s also specifically stated in Book 19 that Odysseus’ grandfather, a master thief and one who has also pissed off a lot of people, specifically named him this because “I am disliked by many, all across the world, and I dislike them back. So name the child Odysseus.” 19.428

Bro looked at his grandson and thought “Ahaha, this one’s going to be a troublemaker like me. Better get him started early.”

It’s like a terrible allegory for cause and effect or something.

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the greeks: damn how are we going to get into this city

odysseus, drunk: have we tried a big wooden horse

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love changes you

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The Galena Evening Times, Kansas, January 18, 1900

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Florence and the Machine, from Tantalus

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Suetonius : I'm gonna tell my kids this was Tiberius

#tagamemnon

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Having to improv a D&D side-session because the third player with the sine qua non magic item bailed on us last minute be like :

#DMing adventures

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I know nothing about this game.

But this little blue star is my spirit animal now.

#still laughing about this #watching too much tv

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