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Gulf of America Day, 2025
- inverted_flag 2y agoIs this what the fall of Rome felt like? Increasingly absurd?
- rschiavone 2y agoyes
- basementcat 2y agoRome took about a thousand years to "fall" so it might be tricky to attribute any particular "feeling". In some ways, perhaps it still exists, just in a different form (not unlike how the current People's Republic of China might be considered a more contemporary manifestation of the Shang Dynasty)
- taurknaut 2y ago[flagged]
- basementcat 2y agoWould you care to elaborate or provide a more detailed diagnosis?
- zzleeper 2y agoThis is what ChatGPT "thought" about your comment: ``` - Misses the point of the original comment. - Overly pedantic instead of engaging with the sentiment. - Unclear analogy (PRC as a continuation of the Shang Dynasty). - Appears detached from social norms—not recognizing the rhetorical nature of the discussion. - Ultimately, basementcat's response likely seemed out of place and frustratingly abstract, making it easy to dismiss as nonsensical. ``` But like, for real, thinking that "ROME" still exists now makes zero sense.
- jhp123 2y agoRome (the city) does still exist, as do the Roman Catholic church and Eastern Orthodox church which were integral institutions of the late Roman empire. Rome, the original capital, passed in to possession by the modern Italian state, which declared itself a "new Roman Empire" under Mussolini less than 100 years ago. The new Roman capital at Constantinople passed into the hands of the Ottoman Empire in the 1500s, whose leader took the moniker "Caesar of Rome". Other states like the Germanic "Holy Roman Empire" and even the Russian Empire with its "Tsars" (Caesars) have claimed to be successors to the Roman Empire.
- Hatrix 2y agoBaja California should be returned to California! Commence special military operation!
- dkobia 2y agoIn the end, all the leaders can offer is Bread and Circuses.
- talldayo 2y ago[flagged]