I’m a former English teacher. You don’t need to be an English teacher, however, to know THE ILIAD AND THE ODYSSEY ARE TWO DISTINCTLY SEPARATE STORIES.

This lying fuck did a wikipedia search of “the classics” and wants smart people points for name-dropping THE WRONG FUCKING NAME.

He hasn’t read either. At best he’s seen a bunch of bleached Hellenistic statue avatars on the internet and nodded along to their RETVRN prattling. biggus-dickus

Ever meet that annoying kid in grade school that said “I am very smart. I know that E Equals Em Cee Squared!” young-sheldon Fifty years later, one of those became my-hero

  • batsforpeace [any, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Dan Carlin’s “Hardcore History” podcast — known for its “unique blend of high drama, masterful narration and Twilight Zone-style twists,” according to its Apple Podcasts page — is “probably my top recommendation,” Musk said.

    Musk also shared some of his favorites in another medium: audiobooks. He likes “The Story of Civilization” by Will and Ariel Durant as well as the Penguin edition of “The Iliad.”

    It’s the club-penguin-dance edition or bust!! How long until he starts wearing a gold laurel wreath on his head? No one around him will discourage it.

    Seems like he’s in a surface level ‘wow, isn’t (the western narrative of) history crazy, some stuff sure happened…’ centrist phase, but because he’s rich Business Insider and others make note of these inconsequential musings. Gotta do their part to prop up that ‘captains of industry’ myth right.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      11·
      3 months ago

      I can seem like a genius mathematician (to credulous media and gullible onlookers anyway) if I say, like “my favorite sequence is the Fibonacci sequence” and then fluff it up with quirky nowhere talk.

    • heggs_bayer [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      3 months ago

      How long until he starts wearing a gold laurel wreath on his head? No one around him will discourage it.

      If this is a Julius Ceasar reference, I hope that’s not the only part of the play he emulates IRL.

      knifecatmy-hero