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[–] karashta@lemm.ee 138 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The elitist that doesn't know Ovid was Roman, not Greek.

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 15 points 1 month ago

I had to quickly check the wikipedia because I thought I misremembered it.

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 70 points 1 month ago

Using the term 'elitism' when describing yourself is such a huge fucking red flag

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 48 points 1 month ago

A person who is new to the job and stressed out warrants the creation of a god complex? How bizarre. I feel like you’ve stumbled upon a uniquely misanthropic thought pattern.

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 36 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Plot twist: he was actually looking for 177013.

[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I thought that was the joke too

[–] philipp_@discuss.tchncs.de 33 points 1 month ago

Fake: Ovid was Roman

Gay: Ovid

[–] julietOscarEcho@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 month ago

"God, modernist literary fiction is so plebian." - anon probably.

Next he'll ask for "ulysses" and get mad when pointed to James Joyce instead of Homer.

[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 22 points 1 month ago

The Kafka story is the singular (sis) and Ovids is the plural (ses). Wikipedia disambiguate does not list them on the same pages, which is confusing.

[–] don@lemm.ee 18 points 1 month ago

You can tell things are all right when anon keeps making shit up. “World keeps turning, sun keeps burning, anon keeps yearning.”

[–] daepicgamerbro69@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

This post ironically reads like a Kafka story

[–] 5ibelius9insterberg@feddit.org 11 points 1 month ago

Elite?

looks up from OV Epic of Gilgamesh stone tablets

This shit right here was written before the word „elite“ even existed

smh

[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

I went to Kafka's house in Prague and they had The Country Doctor in several languages. I wanted it as a souvenir so I bought it in the original German even though I don't speak German. I also wanted to read it, though, so I bought an English copy too, assuming the translation would be closer than to Spanish, my native language. But I also wanted to gift it to an old teacher, so I bought it in Spanish, as well. My girlfriend then arrived and told me she would like a Swedish copy since she's learning the language. I went to pay and the girl at the counter immediately goes "oh, wow, you speak so many languages".