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And the worms crawl in, the worms crawl out.

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@USAOWTC https://t.co/8hmbR3RPPx

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@dan_jones1997 @USAOWTC I didn't know Iran had a class system before this book nor how extensive it was. In a way it seems like having a class system reinforces the idea of a ruling class that dictates everything & that may lead its political turmoil & falling prey to authoritarian systems.

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@USAOWTC #WTCPer It seems that with the oppressive regimes it doesn't matter if you follow the rules or not, it's the humanity of those that are part of the regime that matter. Hiding stuff & appealing to their humanity if need be, the danger is when they forget their humanity.

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@PhlatAdverb @USAOWTC Thetis coming to terms that her son was in love with a mortal and letting go of her expectations was nice. Unfortunately it was only after his death that she could, but she also let Patroclus move on, accepting that he was a part of Achilles life.

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@USAOWTC #WTCSong3 Pyrrhus was very infuriating to watch with his cruelty & bratty behavior, especially after getting to love Achilles thru Patroclus. I didn't like Odysseus, but his quote "...even I will be famous. Perhaps more famous than you"(p. 364) was delicious meta-irony.

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@DeniseKimball20 @USAOWTC I thought that the goddess Artemis was cruel for forcing Agamemnon to do that, then I realized what it meant. It wasn't the goddess being cruel, it was showing the lengths Agamemnon would go along with his men. To make them know their cruelty & the cruelty they will commit.

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@USAOWTC #WTCSong2 I was aware of the hyper masculinity of Ancient Greece, but I didn't let it set in that it was THE masculine culture. Boastful, Combative, Dominating, & Volatile. It's not about being human. It's about being male. Yet they knew there's a threat of going all in.

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@AmNineOClock @USAOWTC Yes, especially how he is portrayed to be somewhat of Achilles's opposite. Also how his jealousy evolved into love is sweet.

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@USAOWTC #WTCSong1 Patroclus & Achilles staying with Chiron seemed like a nice escape from the rest of Greece, but eventually their old life comes knocking with new developments. It wouldn't be an engaging book, but I want them to be happy together, but Greece doesn't care.

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@MikaelaMalloy @USAOWTC It's also pretty silly. It's a lot like the idea of dismissing something as childish and scoffing at people who enjoy it. Sports are one of the biggest global phenomenon, yet most people really only played them as children.

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@USAOWTC #WTCGender The analogy of gender as an act is rather novel. Viewing it as such lets people who can convincingly do so adopt a gender of their choice & functionally operate as such. It's not even a true binary as there are still "masculine" women who are clearly not men.

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@of_usao @USAOWTC That interpretation of Pac-Man is rather "Death of the Author" & as Mäyrä mentioned surface level. Pac-Man was made to be appealing towards female, but also to be a rather universal character. Playing the game is need to understand it. https://t.co/NGbER8RnK6

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@USAOWTC #WTCVid In recent years there has been a greater call to unify the "shell" & "core". Before this call was Atari's "Missile Command", a game about the futility of survival in a nuclear war. A modern example is "Papers Please", a game about being a border-crossing officer.

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@ZacharyBerntse1 @USAOWTC As "The Sellout" points out, based on Astrada's interpretation, just because we legally change something doesn't mean its over. Me really only put signs up, he didn't enforce segregation it was already there.

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@DeniseKimball20 @USAOWTC I'll admit I didn't share the same vitriol for Kevin, but I kind of felt it after reading more. He still did good if we're to believe him. The part where he questions Dana about being raped, and her response 😬: "You mean you could forgive me for having been raped?"(p.245)

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@USAOWTC #WTCKin3 The struggle of the Other, with Kindred's rejection yet complicity and The Sellout's apparent embrace yet cynicism, is two interesting ways to approach history. It is subversion vs apathy towards it, that still leaves the Other in power yet affects it.

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@USAOWTC #WTCKin2 I don't understand a lot of that time beyond "that's how it was"... I think, like Dana, a part of me excuses the bad as a product of their time & hopes for them to move beyond that. Eventually the sympathy runs out.

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@AmNineOClock @USAOWTC The push & pull of being either complicit in the evil or maimed & beaten for acting out is great for drama. It helps to illustrate abuse, "why would you put yourself in that situation?", "Why didn't you just leave?" both historically in its prime & even how it still works today.

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@USAOWTC #WTCKin1 This makes me think about how peoples surroundings force them to conform to its dominate culture, whether or not they believe in its values. It's easy to see this with oppressive ones, but I wonder if more liberating ones can force people to adapt?

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@HinkleTiffani @USAOWTC There are still people who lived in that time who are alive today. Really 60ish years isn't that old in world history, it was just such a fast series of changes from some colonies to all colonies. Changed a bit too much a bit too fast.