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[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 55 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Explanation: Altair ibn Rashdun was a Persian polymath who, in 737 published the book : Kitab Al İfrit, Salaam Takvim, which was the first written discovery of me making this shit up.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 40 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Had me for the first 3/4s, ngl

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

you gotta learn some arabic/turkish. "Kitab Al İfrit, Salaam Takvim" is basically "The book of fire spirits, hello/greeting calendar". I'm trying to imply "trolling" with the "fire spirits" part.

EDIT : also I didn't want to be blatant and just use 777, but 737 is a commercial airliner model

[–] lastweakness@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

To me, you're more impressive than the guy you made up

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

I feel appreciated, thank you