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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago

He apparently used to ruin dates by giving women speeches about what might happen if the Persians had conquered the Greeks rather than romance.

Rare relatable Dick

[–] finickydesert@lemmy.ml 13 points 3 weeks ago

A pre-internet redditor

[–] vorlaut_boy@feddit.org 10 points 3 weeks ago

A Greek-Persian Romance. Nice.

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

oneofus.jpg

[–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 5 points 2 weeks ago

Essentially, the Persians did conquer the Greeks

[–] FireTower@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Tricky Dick knew how to weed them out.

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

Too bad I'm not gay (and he's dead).

[–] Todd_cross@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

I read this as "Persians conquered the Greeks rather than Romans" then thought wait, they didn't, wait, that's a weird way to spell Romans.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago