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"BEHOLD, A GOD!" - What barbarians actually believe smh (media.piefed.social)
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[โ€“] Mandarbmax@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Good meme!

I used a different explanation when I shared it with my friends since some of them actually believe the condemned criminal demigod cannibalism cult thing.

Explanation: the drawing in the upper right is from the alexamenos graffiti from Rome in 200ad. The original Alexamenos graffiti also came with the caption (translated) "Alexamenos worships his god" under the donkey headed crucified figure.

The text of the meme is latin for "Barbarians

Is this a god?"

[โ€“] PugJesus@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

I used a different explanation when I shared it with my friends since some of them actually believe the condemned criminal demigod cannibalism cult thing.

O TEMPORA! O MORES!

This would never have happened in Uncle Claudius's time. ๐Ÿ˜”