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[–] [email protected] 66 points 2 days ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The ancient Greeks used units invented in the 1790s? I mean at least miles were from the same millennium.

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

If it were written in the miles from the same millenium it would be 28.5 Roman miles

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Ah perfect, slap that on the meme

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

How many cubits?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

he actually ran like 300 miles over 4 days

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Now correct the kid-pidgin to English as well. 'ppl' is what my nephew mumbled around his pablum.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago

Character limits are a bitch to be fair. What's wild to me though that you seem to think abbreviations were invented alongside texting by today's youth, not y'know ancient Greece using IMP for Imperator on their coins and shit.

Sure, they got more popular in the late 1800s in English, but I don't think you're that old to be calling 145yo people "kids" lol.

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

Did he say it like "pee-pee-el"?

Because I'd just say that as "people"