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In ancient Greece, Diogenes was one of the best influences you could have. (lemmygrad.ml)

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[–] leah@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago

If I were not Diogenes, I would wish to be Diogenes.

[–] ButtigiegMineralMap@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 2 years ago

He acts how I imagine Marx would act in that time period lol

[–] ComradeChairmanKGB@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In the house of a rich man there is no where to piss but his mouth.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 years ago

That was spit.

I mean he did literally pissed on rich men too but that was other time.

[–] absentthereaper@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

[brandishing a plucked chicken] BEHOLD, A MAN!!

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 years ago

[–] Rasm635u@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Have you also watched Sam O'Nella's video on Diogenes?

[–] absentthereaper@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 years ago

I actually hadn't, nah

[–] yearningforfreedom@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 years ago

My favorite is him disproving Zeno's Achilles Paradox after a long tirade by just saying nothing and walking

[–] lemat_87@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Cynics took Heracles as their patron hero and they cared about muscular strength as much as about moral and mental qualities. Diogenes and other cynics gave no fuck about how society saw them, and supposedly he did shit in a theatre. Seems that they were literally ancient chads 😁

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