Poof Posted January 30, 2022 Posted January 30, 2022 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_graffiti Quote There have been numerous examples found on sites of the Roman Empire, including taverns and houses, as well as on pottery of the time. In many cases the graffiti tend toward the rude, with a line etched into the basilica in Pompeii reading "Lucilla made money from her body," phallic images, as well as erotic pictures. Other graffiti took on a more innocent nature, taking the form of simple pictures or games. Expand Quote Dialogues Graffiti is often meant to be seen and expects to be read. A dialogue is formed between the reader and the inscription and can be simple as they speak directly to the readers in forms such as "if anyone sits here, let him read this before everything else…" as well as "He who writes this is in love… and I who reads this am a prick." There are also dialogues where one passage answers another. These responses take the forms of greetings, insults, prayers, etc. One passage on the staircase reads: "Successus the weaver is in love with the slave of the Innkeeper, whose name is Iris. She doesn't care about him at all, but he asks that she take pity on him. A rival wrote this" A response to this translates to: "You're so jealous you're bursting. Don't tear down someone more handsome― a guy who could beat you up and who is good-looking." Expand Quote Writing around 100 AD, Plutarch wrote of graffiti: "There is nothing written in them which is either useful or pleasing – only so-and-so 'remembers' so-and-so, and 'wishes him the best', and is 'the best of his friends', and many things full of such ridiculousness". More than simply text and thought, Roman graffiti give insight into the use of space and how people interacted within it. Studying the motivation behind the marks reveals a trend for the graffiti to be located where people spend time and pass most frequently as they move through a space. Common places for graffiti are staircases, central peristyle, and vestibule. Expand Quote The oldest extant image of Jesus is a Roman Graffito which disparages an individual named Alexamenos for their Christian faith. Depicting Jesus as a donkey was a common mockery of Christianity at the time. The full inscription would then be read as Ᾰλεξᾰ́μενος σέβεται θεόν, "Alexamenos worships [his] God". Expand
Poof Posted January 31, 2022 Author Posted January 31, 2022 On 1/30/2022 at 11:06 PM, Mix said: Expand I was thinking more along the lines of our posts being recovered in 2000 years and maybe one of them is really important like the Alexamenos Jesus one which is just like an ancient shitpost but it’s somehow our oldest pic of Jesus
nameraka Posted January 31, 2022 Posted January 31, 2022 On 1/31/2022 at 6:29 AM, Poof said: I was thinking more along the lines of our posts being recovered in 2000 years and maybe one of them is really important like the Alexamenos Jesus one which is just like an ancient shitpost but it’s somehow our oldest pic of Jesus Expand So, what we're saying here is that I'm future Jesus. I mean, that's the only logical takeaway...
Mix Posted January 31, 2022 Posted January 31, 2022 On 1/31/2022 at 6:29 AM, Poof said: I was thinking more along the lines of our posts being recovered in 2000 years and maybe one of them is really important like the Alexamenos Jesus one which is just like an ancient shitpost but it’s somehow our oldest pic of Jesus Expand If they recover anything, it'll be twitter. That's the Roman graffiti of our time.
Poof Posted January 31, 2022 Author Posted January 31, 2022 On 1/31/2022 at 4:21 PM, nameraka said: So, what we're saying here is that I'm future Jesus. I mean, that's the only logical takeaway... Expand You have to be future crucified for that tho
Poof Posted January 31, 2022 Author Posted January 31, 2022 On 1/31/2022 at 5:01 PM, Mix said: If they recover anything, it'll be twitter. That's the Roman graffiti of our time. Expand Supposedly every tweet gets recorded into the library of congress. So any dumb shit you tweeted out no matter how many followers you had and even if you deleted it in like 2 seconds it’s fair game for future data archeologists 1 1
nameraka Posted January 31, 2022 Posted January 31, 2022 On 1/31/2022 at 11:10 PM, Poof said: You have to be future crucified for that tho Expand I already have been... In the future... Which is now.
Mix Posted January 31, 2022 Posted January 31, 2022 On 1/31/2022 at 11:12 PM, Poof said: Supposedly every tweet gets recorded into the library of congress. So any dumb shit you tweeted out no matter how many followers you had and even if you deleted it in like 2 seconds it’s fair game for future data archeologists Expand wtf The only perk of being a nobody with five followers is you get to make dumb jokes and nobody bothers you. welp, might as well make an OnlyFans now. Just put it all out there. 1
Poof Posted February 1, 2022 Author Posted February 1, 2022 On 1/31/2022 at 11:26 PM, nameraka said: I already have been... In the future... Which is now. Expand Ohhhhhh I get it I get it this is all about Sponges time religion isn’t it? And you’re supposed to be sponges’ Time Messiah?
Poof Posted February 1, 2022 Author Posted February 1, 2022 On 1/31/2022 at 11:34 PM, Mix said: wtf The only perk of being a nobody with five followers is you get to make dumb jokes and nobody bothers you. welp, might as well make an OnlyFans now. Just put it all out there. Expand Maybe if you work hard and make an OnlyFans now, you can be in congress someday and delete it from the library
Mix Posted February 1, 2022 Posted February 1, 2022 On 2/1/2022 at 2:16 AM, Poof said: Maybe if you work hard and make an OnlyFans now, you can be in congress someday and delete it from the library Expand This is probably how President Camacho got started. I can't wait to lose my way and be consumed by power and greed. 1
Poof Posted February 1, 2022 Author Posted February 1, 2022 On 2/1/2022 at 2:41 AM, Mix said: This is probably how President Camacho got started. I can't wait to lose my way and be consumed by power and greed. Expand I like how the secretary of education is just a big whore
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