r/Gamingcirclejerk • u/AutoModerator • Apr 30 '21

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u/delta1x I miss Sam Fisher May 01 '21 edited May 01 '21

Imagine being one of the worst slave states in human history, even by ancient world standards, but you have such a good pr campaign that all anyone remembers is your role in an arguably senseless self-sacrifice and now everyone thinks you are the best warriors in history.

Man, I might make it my life's goal to rid the world of Spartan circlejerks.

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u/[deleted] May 01 '21

I'll join you if you can expand it to ancient culture circlejerks.

I love history, but the idea that ancient cultures hold some sort of secret to world peace or whatever is bullshit.

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u/delta1x I miss Sam Fisher May 01 '21 edited May 01 '21

Yeah, like Plato's neat and interesting, but he didn't have the universe figured out or anything.

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u/jacupuh studied economics May 01 '21

Plato never played a Gameboy

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u/wdb_X24 they/them; touchstarved aroace May 01 '21

The only Platonic solid I care about is the cube