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He was quite the charmer (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/historymemes@lemmy.world
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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months 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 11 months ago

A pre-internet redditor

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

oneofus.jpg

[–] vorlaut_boy@feddit.org 9 points 11 months ago

A Greek-Persian Romance. Nice.

[–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 5 points 11 months ago

Essentially, the Persians did conquer the Greeks

[–] FireTower@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Tricky Dick knew how to weed them out.

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

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

[–] Todd_cross@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 months 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 11 months ago

treasonous fuck.