Comment on 7th century: "I, master of the runes(?) conceal here runes of power. Incessantly (plagued by) maleficence,(doomed to) insidious death (is) he who breaks this (monument)."

Lembot_0002@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• stray@pawb.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So many ancient writings are shitposts though. This could very well just be OOP trolling the kind of people who would be scared of such a message, or even making a joke we no longer have the references for.

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  • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Some Roman general “Look, there’s no such GODDAMN THING AS RUNE STONES. Now go take that fucking Druid village or I will give you something to be scared about.”

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    • Droechai@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The romans where more scared of flying menhirs when trying to invade gaul villages with druids

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• drolex@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The translation is not very accurate. It should be read something like this:

  be me rune master

  concealing runes of power

  Chad comes and breaks the monument

  plagueOfMaleficence.jpg

  insidiousDeath.exe

  lmao why are Chads like this?

  [Insert pepe]

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  • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    When you try to lie to IT support.

    “Are you sure you didn’t download and run InsidiousDeath.exe?”

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    • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I thought it was a heavy metal song! But it didn’t play anything and just started asking for bitcoin. Obviously my audio drivers need to be updated, please fix them so I can listen to the song.

      Proceeds to ignore advice to not run it again and starts downloading it before IT leaves room.

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• flandish@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  how is that different than today? hint: it’s not.

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• null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They weren’t stupid they just didn’t know any better. There’s a difference, and it’s an important one in these troubled times.

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