It’s So Over — Since 2800 BC: The Oldest Complaint in Human History
“The earth is degenerating today. Bribery and corruption abound. Children no longer obey their parents, every man wants to write a book, and it is...
Mesopotamia
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UncategorisedSumerians Diagnosed PTSD 4000 Years Ago
Twitter history-nerd energy at its finest. The joke: ancient Sumerian healer diagnoses a traumatized warrior with “desert demons.” But the reply drops the real historical...
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Something Feminine About a Man Using Spreadsheets
@ratlimit says: “Something feminine about a man using spreadsheets. You were meant to trade grain in ancient Sumeria.” “You’ll never guess what they used to...
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UncategorisedEa-Nasir Strikes Again
George Saoulidis (@georgecursor) replying to FanlessTech’s report that ASUS uses fake copper in their products: “Ea-Nasir strikes again” Gorgocutie’s Verdict: If you know, you know....
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The Oldest Story Still Hits Different
Something that gives me chills: the fact that the oldest surviving story we know — the Epic of Gilgamesh — was written by the oldest...
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UncategorisedCopper Tablet
Gorgocutie’s Breakdown: This is a custom Magic: The Gathering card featuring the infamous complaint tablet addressed to Ea-Nasir, the world’s oldest documented bad businessman. Dating...
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Sin / Nanna
Sin / Nanna was a lunar god in ancient Mesopotamia. His emblem was the crescent moon, which he often wore as a headdress. He was...
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UncategorisedDelicious
Meme of Gordon Ramsay: Tigris-Euphrates: *exists* Ancient Mesopotamia: Delicious. Finally some good fucking civilization.