Absyrte

Omenmaxxing foid | volcel | catholic

[𝕷𝖆𝖉𝖞 𝕬 🦇 @Nyct0phil3_x]

I've sat on this for a while but there's a uniquely female element to this, especially regarding how women talk about women's issues and I'm not quite sure how to convey this accurately.

Its like when they talk about not using the bathroom alone or being afraid to walk at night - both of which they blame on men - and frame it as an inherently female experience. Those are just two examples.

But as a woman, I have never had those experiences. I don't feel like I'm constantly scanning for threats or afraid of men I don't know. I'm not actively choosing not to be either, I just don't think that way.

I think there's a real issue with women who are high in neuroticism dominating conversations about female experiences, and if you try to challenge this, they call you a pick me - because they have no theory of mind for someone not being performative but genuinely being less neurotic.

I'm not sure how to fix this issue. I don't want these women speaking for me.

[Frog of Future Past @wiggitywamy]

The Princess Bride is a brilliant and under read book. For example Buttercup treats Wesley like shit, non human until a high status wealthy countess oggles him at which point Buttercup falls madly in love with him. Realist shit ever. Book is full of gems like that.

[Absyrte @Absyrte]

@MeghanEMurphy the solution was clear for hundred of years, you people act like humanity spawned yesterday

[Absyrte @Absyrte]

@Howlingmutant0 @realMaalouf Because they're teenagers

[♱ @DreamlinerCo]

The Queen of Heaven, by Gustave Doré (1855)

[Absyrte @Absyrte]

@nonregemesse They brought it upon themselves tbh the PR battle isn't being lost because outsiders misunderstand classics. It's being lost because classicists prioritize closing ranks around indefensible claims, shifting goalposts, reflexive contrarianism,.. people get tired of these antics

[🏛 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 🏛 @nonregemesse]

Also, arguing against ‘per Livy, Roman elites made a lot of sacrifices compared to today’ (paraphrased) isn’t really a very good hill to die on.

Even if Livy was fiction up to a point, there’s still going to have been an awful lot of sacrifice going into defending and expanding a city state.

[Absyrte @Absyrte]

@SagaRemove542 @SocialNomadRach Then marry a prostitute then, if anything the choice is clear for you

[Aristocratic Fury @LandsknechtPike]

When Francisco Pizarro first saw llamas in Peru in 1528 he called them "little camels".

He was right!

Taxonomists later confirmed that llamas indeed belong to the biological family of camelids same as dromedary and Bactrian camels. 🦙🐪🐫

[Absyrte @Absyrte]

@patrickflouriot @OuranosMK Quelle liberté ont ils sacrifié ? Ils ne pouvaient pas sortir dehors

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@NC_Optimist @Supraman87 @politicalmath @KelleyKga You have to be quadruple vaxxed to be a true classicist, it is known

[PoIiMath @politicalmath]

This is an interesting institutional discussion that seems to be coding left-right

I interview a Ancient Greek scholar about Emily Wilson's translation. This scholar cites sources, gives examples, and argues her point.

The complaint is not "she is wrong". The complaint is "she is not an academic therefore she cannot have a valid view on the topic"

[Absyrte @Absyrte]

@Ioniancel imagine saying this shit when WWII is right here

[Perseus @PerseusLeGrand]

Musée Océanographique, Monaco

[Absyrte @Absyrte]

@FrenlyOfficer Saying no is not that hard, these women are just undersocialized. The irony is that creepy men will hit on them anyway, which only reinforces the perception that being approached in public is weird and awkward to handle, especially if you’re not used to it.
They created this

[Alexandre Blaineau @AlBlaineau]

Le carnet de voyage de Delacroix

[World Scholar @WorldScholar_]

This is breathtaking.

The church's marble floor is covered entirely in tombs of the 400 Knights of the Order.

Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Valletta (1608).

[Absyrte @Absyrte]

@Nuskylicious @romanhelmetguy hahahahha he blocked me over this, oh well, the Monmouth/Livy equivalence was retarded enough, once again classicists doing their best to prove every negative stereotype about academia true

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@Nuskylicious @romanhelmetguy You already answered yes. We're done here, so beat it

[HerodotusWave @HerodotusWave]

The "Ladies of Leptis Magna," which date back to the 2nd century AD during the Roman Empire.