@stolperson@RichardRE99 eh people are forgetting one of the most important features. fast food almost always has a drive thru (signals how fast they can get it out to you). can’t be just takeout, anything can be takeout if you order it for pickup.
@desasprio and then other years would be for example “nineteen twenty” and never “nineteen hundred and twenty” or “one thousand nine hundred and twenty”
@desasprio important distinction: you can only say “nineteen hundred” when talking about the year. “nineteen hundred” or “one thousand nine hundred” are both acceptable when talking about the number in general
shakespeare's stories also aren't real but if i said hamlet had an iphone you'd rightfully point out the inconsistency. greece is a real place and the odyssey is rooted in its real culture. if you think fictional tales don't have historical value i fear literature is not for you.
@bluebeardbrides why does everyone think he literally caught them cheating? he says he overheard a conversation between a bridesmaid and a waiter. one of them asserts the bride is a whore. “poise and rationality” either inform the groom as the right thing to do or keep your convos more discrete
was also interested in this question and turns out they all think fauci started COVID because they all still believe it was created in a lab in wuhan. oh my god that guy needs a gun.
@hf_222222@sopadepanda321 i think the gods presence is limited to reflect modern religion: a god we don’t interact with at all but as a follower you must still believe exist. as an audience we must believe the gods exist. zeus and athena as catalysts for odysseus’ suffering ties the whole movie together
every birthday the rewards get worse and worse. free pastry instead of a free drink. 15% off one item. freakin dunkin donuts doesn’t even give you anything free anymore it’s just 3x points
@yeahshorebud yes but in the beginning of the odyssey they mention that the storms that originally blow all the ships off course are athena and zeus punishing the greeks for destroying the temples in troy. the gods are hard to please
I've only seen a handful of Nolan movies but the most interesting thing to me is that they often seem surreally confused about their own narrative stakes. What is DiCaprio's motivation in Inception? Why does Oppenheimer kinda imply an era of atomic warfare that did not occur?
agamemnon menelaus and odysseus all have tragic events coming back. others like ajax and achilles dont make it home at all. odysseus’ glory in the story was always getting back home alive and overcoming the suitors and their families. the devastation war has caused is all over it
idk i don’t think the glory of winning troy is really in the odyssey (text) either. we don’t see it happen at all, we just hear about it. odysseus cries when he hears the song about it. all we actually see is the horror everyone faces trying to get back home
@NedRyerson18@firagawalkwthme to me, no one seems interested in the ways nolan is adapting the odyssey for a modern audience. they’re interested in “historical accuracy” when any scholar could tell you the odyssey and the way the characters are presented are not historically accurate anyway
@NedRyerson18@firagawalkwthme i think that’s debatable. i’ve seen plenty of threads discuss that the guilt would not be presented in the same way but it doesn’t mean it’s not there. i also don’t think those cultures are so wholly different from us when it comes to that