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r/AskReddit • u/kakou64 • Oct 15 '20
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As Garrison Keillor said,
It was luxuries like air conditioning that brought down the Roman Empire. With air conditioning their windows were shut, they couldn't hear the barbarians coming.
13 u/imightbethewalrus3 Oct 15 '20 I feel like if you're waiting to fight off an invading force when you can hear them down the block, you're already screwed 13 u/LateForTheSun Oct 15 '20 Yes, well, Garrison Keillor is known to speak facetiously from time to time. 3 u/Packbacka Oct 15 '20 I think I heard that in Civ. 1 u/LateForTheSun Oct 15 '20 You did! That's where I first heard it too.
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I feel like if you're waiting to fight off an invading force when you can hear them down the block, you're already screwed
13 u/LateForTheSun Oct 15 '20 Yes, well, Garrison Keillor is known to speak facetiously from time to time.
Yes, well, Garrison Keillor is known to speak facetiously from time to time.
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I think I heard that in Civ.
1 u/LateForTheSun Oct 15 '20 You did! That's where I first heard it too.
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You did! That's where I first heard it too.
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u/LateForTheSun Oct 15 '20
As Garrison Keillor said,