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[–] kromem@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Hypatia, a female philosopher in Alexandria, upset some Christians who mobbed up and carved out her eyes with seashells.

Even if it's a shitty timeline, there's certainly been worse periods along that timeline to have been in.

[–] MasterNerd@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Remind me of what happened to that girl in Iran?

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

You misheard She said she was a man.

[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Eh, lynchings back (if it ever actually went away) already. What else you got?

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The dude who invented the brazen bull was invited to be the first to try it out. Based timeline.

[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

That was a high point for us, I must admit