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Rough Roman Memes

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A place to meme about the glorious ROMAN EMPIRE (and Roman Republic, and Roman Kingdom)! Byzantines tolerated! The HRE is not.

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[โ€“] PugJesus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Explanation: The Romans, counterintuitively to modern Western norms, found the public toilets a place for socialization - a great place to have a painful shit, play a game of tic-tac-toe between the seats, make some connections - maybe even, as one satire of the 1st century AD mocks a man, get a nice dinner invitation if you chat up enough shitters! You've emptied your bowels - why not ensure that they will soon be refilled?

[โ€“] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 week ago

I mean, women still seem to like that sometimes.