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[–] drathvedro@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago

It's about the followers of this guy.

There's barely information about him in English, but he basically wrote quite a few books "decoding" words off shitty photocopies of photos of historic artifacts. He was largely a laughing stock, but he did get a few followers, mostly elderly with early onset dementia, but also notably a few of high profile personalities, maybe even a couple of Putin's advisors.

For laughs, here are some of the most famous examples of his "deciphering" works: