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The idea that current generations are less manly and morally upright than their forefathers is basically the defining trope of Roman literature.
by jdminhbg 10y ago
The idea that current generations are less manly and morally upright than their forefathers is basically the defining trope of Roman literature.
- dexwiz 10y agoI think that is the the defining trope of the older generation.
- ef4 10y agoYup, when your founders were fathered by Mars and suckled by a she-wolf, you can only go downhill from there.
- snovv_crash 10y agoInterestingly, in Latin, a she-wolf (lupa) is slang for a prostitute. For some inexplicable reason I feel that it is much more likely that they were nursed by a prostitute than by a wolf ;-)