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Explanation: Diogenes of Sinope was a philosopher of Ancient Greece, who spent most of his time homeless and offering unprovoked advice and criticism of society from an upturned wine barrel that he used for shelter. As he once said, "In the house of a rich man, there is nowhere to spit except his face."
Diogenes was immensely influential on the future philosophical schools of Stoicism and Cynicism ('Cynic' coming from the Greek word for dog, as Diogenes chilled with stray dogs and often likened himself to a dog), as he advocated a mode of existence 'close to nature' and with as few pretensions as possible. His extreme iconoclasm, while sometimes bordering on the absurd, also reflected an increasing understanding of the inner reserve of a person to find fulfillment and happiness with minimal material goods - a revolutionary idea in aristocratic Ancient Greece!
However, the line between wisdom and being a smartass is sometimes very thin - or nonexistent. Was he making a critique of antisocial behavior as harmful to the 'family' of mankind as a whole - or was he just fucking roasting a kid lmao
We lost the only man who could lead us to victory. Now Neptune's watery tyranny will be eternal...
Tomatoeaterius Denethorius
Rock Hyrax?
A comedy of errors, but millions die
Eh, we threw rocks at each other for fun and hit each other with sticks. How much worse could it have been?
... actually, don't answer that, we're probably lucky that no one ever got any permanent injuries with the way we carried on.
Making Mars proud :")
For real though, I would've loved to do that as a kid, even before I became a little Romaboo.
I appreciate the advice, but I don't have that kind of money on hand. Or the willingness, for that matter, to take any of this to court. I get stress ulcers enough just dealing with day-to-day life. At this point, I'll be content to just get out of here.
And like I said, it's not uninhabitable. Place is practically a basement, so it's only on the most miserable days that the heat seeps in enough that I mourn I can't fit myself in the fridge, lmao.
Not uninhabitable, just uncomfortable. My landlord is not exactly cooperative in any case, and it takes time, resources, and perhaps most of all, energy to square up seriously on such issues. He already has refused to fix the heating, the oven, the wonky electricity, and the leaky roof, and is currently trying to kick me out so he can raise rent.
... I'm actively looking for a new place.
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