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[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago
[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Explanation: Diocletian was a Roman Emperor of the late 3rd century and early 4th century AD who royally fucked the government he took over, and then promptly retired to a nice villa in the Balkans. When one of his co-emperors wrote to him begging him to come back and unfuck the mess he seeded, Diocletian responded “If you [the messenger] could show the cabbage that I planted with my own hands to your emperor, he definitely wouldn’t dare suggest that I replace the peace and happiness of this place with the storms of a never-satisfied greed.”

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

and this is why Diocletian invented googly eyes.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

(I mean, yes. that's where I stole the meme from, lol)