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   myrmepropagandist (futurebird@sauropods.win)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2023 23:57:07 JST myrmepropagandist

   Honestly? It's incredible we can understand anything about texts over 100 years old.

   (A tumblr thread on the difficulty of parsing this meme https://www.tumblr.com/hexagonification/733793413080727553/phoenixofthestars-adulthoodisokay?source=share)

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 13-Nov-2023 00:01:22 JST Paul Cantrell

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     @futurebird
     Scholar of religion Elaine Pagels argues that the Book of Revelations is something like this: an elaborate political meme (sort of, or more like a political cartoon) full of elaborate in-references that we don’t have the context to parse.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 13-Nov-2023 04:39:44 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Dieu

     @hllizi @futurebird
     That might be an even better analogy for her argument!

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     Dieu (hllizi@hespere.de)'s status on Monday, 13-Nov-2023 04:39:46 JST Dieu

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     • Paul Cantrell

     @inthehands @futurebird it sure reads like a slightly oversized diss track.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 13-Nov-2023 04:57:46 JST Paul Cantrell

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     @hllizi @futurebird
     Emperor of Rome, so oblivious
     Gonna blow up like Mount Vesuvius
     Nero’s a zero, head full o’ bricks
     Add him all up you get 666

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     Dieu (hllizi@hespere.de)'s status on Monday, 13-Nov-2023 04:57:48 JST Dieu

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     • Paul Cantrell

     @inthehands @futurebird Revelations - A Rap Opera