Titanic Annual Deaths: One Big Spike, One Tiny One
Gorgocutie’s Two Drachmas: Oh, statistics memes. My favourite kind of graph — the one where the Y-axis has no numbers and the joke does all...
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Modern Solutions to Ancient Problems: Gamifying Sisyphus
Gorgocutie’s Two Drachmas: Leave it to a modern tweet to solve a 3,000-year-old existential punishment with video game mechanics. The original myth? Sisyphus was cursed...
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SNL’s The Odyssey as a Christopher Nolan Film
Gorgocutie’s Two Drachmas: Oh, look, another Saturday Night Live skit where they pretend ancient Greek mythology needs "epic" treatment. This time they’ve slapped Christopher Nolan’s...
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UncategorisedThe Face That Beeped a Thousand Smoke Alarms — Modern Update on Helen of Troy
Right, so we already know the classic: "the face that launched a thousand ships." But George Saoulidis has updated it for the modern era. Now...
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Ship and Iceberg Have a Casual Nice Bumping Into You — Titanic Disaster Redone
Right, so here we have the Titanic disaster reimagined as a meet-cute between two anthropomorphic objects. The ship yells ICEBERG in alarm, the iceberg yells...
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UncategorisedIsaac Newton Being Bored Changes Physics, Modern Being Bored Opens TikTok
Right, so here we have the starkest contrast in human history. Isaac Newton gets bored, an apple falls on his head — and suddenly we...
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UncategorisedEngland Fan’s ‘Bring It Home’ Takes a Dark Turn When It’s a Colonial Artifact, Not a Trophy
Right, so here we have the quintessential England fan screaming "COME ON ENGLAND, BRING IT HOME!" — that glorious football chant about winning a tournament....
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The Greeks Trying to Give Helen of Detroit to the Trojans by Force
Right, so after the whole "face that launched a thousand ships" debacle, the Greeks have apparently moved on to a more… modern approach. Meet Helen...
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Helen of Troy Reacts to Her Modern Screen Depictions
Right, so Helen of Troy — the woman whose face launched a thousand ships — is apparently supposed to just sit back and watch modern...
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People Have Literally Just Always Been People
Alright darlings, let’s unpack this little time capsule. Left side — a Cucuteni-Trypillian bull on wheels, circa 3950–3650 BC from what is now Ukraine. That’s...
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Spot the Difference — Caesar and the UFC
A “spot the difference” from @europoor on X, with the punchline delivered in the reply: “No difference. Guess which book you are in.” Left: Vincenzo...
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Girls vs Boys With a Time Machine: One Wants to Connect With the Witches, The Other Already Has the Stakes
Two approaches to the same time-travel premise. Wildly different outcomes. GIRLS WITH A TIME MACHINE Three Doomer girls in black chokers: “We are the granddaughters...
