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> DEUS FACTUS SUM as opposed to Vespasian, who on his deathbed, is said to have said: > Vae, puto deus fio.
by 082349872349872 2y ago
> DEUS FACTUS SUM
as opposed to Vespasian, who on his deathbed, is said to have said:
> Vae, puto deus fio.
- gradschoolfail 2y agoDude apparently didnt get to consult, e.g. his personal astrolger Seleucus (pro Weirdo? Oriental? Wojack? AOTA?) Or he’d have said instead < Deus, vae, felix fio (Did i get that right?)
- 082349872349872 2y agoMost felicitous, for tomorrow he could be sure of being free from meeting with people (for surely if there were such a century later, they'd already been there in Vespasian's time) who are meddling, ungrateful, aggressive, treacherous, malicious, unsocial.
- gradschoolfail 2y agoI hope this isnt directed at me but i was glad to see some HN comments getting unflagged yesterday. Cant expect curmudgeons to become real estate salesmen* overnight.. * et tu, Livy? https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/curmudgeon https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/curmudgeon
- 082349872349872 2y agoNot directed at you; it was recalling how MAA noted that the reward for being at the very top of a hierarchy is getting to spend your waking hours in the company of the sorts of people who get near the top of hierarchies: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38930334 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38930334