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Most 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
by 082349872349872 2y ago
Most 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