*slaps wooden horse* this baby can fit so many ... uh nothing, in it
May 2, 2019 12:38 PM Subscribe
@melotime: for my own amusement here's a thread of my fave posts from classics tumblr [twitter]
@comradeclodius: I’m gonna do a thread of my favourite Classics tumblr posts [twitter]
22 Tumblr Posts You'll Only Really Appreciate If You're A Classics Student
achilles: when I die, mingle our ashes together so that we may be together for eternity
historians: f is for friends who do stuff together.
@comradeclodius: I’m gonna do a thread of my favourite Classics tumblr posts [twitter]
vergil can't help sneaking his love for bees into it
22 Tumblr Posts You'll Only Really Appreciate If You're A Classics Student
And after destroying Tumblr, Verizon is looking to sell it off to someone.
posted by msbutah at 1:00 PM on May 2, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by msbutah at 1:00 PM on May 2, 2019 [2 favorites]
A wonder to see
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 1:03 PM on May 2, 2019
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 1:03 PM on May 2, 2019
PARDIGLE
posted by nebulawindphone at 1:05 PM on May 2, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by nebulawindphone at 1:05 PM on May 2, 2019 [2 favorites]
This is entirely worthwhile for "Centaur for Disease Control" even if nothing else were funny.
And "the stablative" is pretty great.
posted by asperity at 1:33 PM on May 2, 2019 [4 favorites]
And "the stablative" is pretty great.
posted by asperity at 1:33 PM on May 2, 2019 [4 favorites]
Another for Centaur for Disease Control, lo, I am slain.
posted by BeeDo at 1:35 PM on May 2, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by BeeDo at 1:35 PM on May 2, 2019 [2 favorites]
Also oh man I love learning about intracommunity memes in other people's communities.
Like, finding out that VIRGIL LOVES BEES is not just a one-off joke, but an ongoing meme spawning its own sub-sub-memes and crossbreeding with other bee-related memes from other corners of Tumblr, is such excellent news.
posted by nebulawindphone at 1:38 PM on May 2, 2019 [6 favorites]
Like, finding out that VIRGIL LOVES BEES is not just a one-off joke, but an ongoing meme spawning its own sub-sub-memes and crossbreeding with other bee-related memes from other corners of Tumblr, is such excellent news.
posted by nebulawindphone at 1:38 PM on May 2, 2019 [6 favorites]
THE PUNIC WAR ONE *DYING*
The classics side of tumblr consistently makes me laugh until my sides ache. It's my favorite side of tumblr even though a good 60% of the time I have to look up the joke because I don't quite know enough. As a result, the jokes are often really educational! For me, anyway. So much of the Greek and Roman history/lit especially seems be tailor-made for meme culture - it's wondrous to behold and a good reminder that people don't change. But it's also just enjoyable seeing a subject which seemed super serious in school and in which so many scholars/writers in the past have also taken so seriously be turned into "Distracted Girlfriend" or awful, amazing puns or "Roman AU where everything is the same except Mark Antony wears these booty shorts the whole time" or a drawing of Antony wearing THIS ENTIRE OUTFIT.
For those who want to explore more, I highly suggest the tagamemnon tag. (That's such a great tag - I smile every time.) IMHO thoodleoo has one of the best classics humor/fun facts tumblrs, and she links to most of the other great classics tumblrs so it's a great place to find another sites as well.
posted by barchan at 1:46 PM on May 2, 2019 [8 favorites]
The classics side of tumblr consistently makes me laugh until my sides ache. It's my favorite side of tumblr even though a good 60% of the time I have to look up the joke because I don't quite know enough. As a result, the jokes are often really educational! For me, anyway. So much of the Greek and Roman history/lit especially seems be tailor-made for meme culture - it's wondrous to behold and a good reminder that people don't change. But it's also just enjoyable seeing a subject which seemed super serious in school and in which so many scholars/writers in the past have also taken so seriously be turned into "Distracted Girlfriend" or awful, amazing puns or "Roman AU where everything is the same except Mark Antony wears these booty shorts the whole time" or a drawing of Antony wearing THIS ENTIRE OUTFIT.
For those who want to explore more, I highly suggest the tagamemnon tag. (That's such a great tag - I smile every time.) IMHO thoodleoo has one of the best classics humor/fun facts tumblrs, and she links to most of the other great classics tumblrs so it's a great place to find another sites as well.
posted by barchan at 1:46 PM on May 2, 2019 [8 favorites]
I don't get what's so funny about the one where the guy is trying to stay optimistic while Pompeii is destroyed by a volcano.
posted by Kitty Stardust at 1:48 PM on May 2, 2019
posted by Kitty Stardust at 1:48 PM on May 2, 2019
I like the "Odysseus is clearly bisexual" one.
posted by tobascodagama at 1:49 PM on May 2, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by tobascodagama at 1:49 PM on May 2, 2019 [3 favorites]
Kitty Stardust, it's a reference to the song Pompeii by Bastille. Ah, the intertextuality of tumblr memes.
posted by yasaman at 1:52 PM on May 2, 2019 [5 favorites]
posted by yasaman at 1:52 PM on May 2, 2019 [5 favorites]
Related to classics shitposting: the chilliad by molly hall is not yet complete, but it's a delightful retelling of the Iliad only set in a college's fraternity and sorority scene. Honestly worth it if only for the framing device of college bro Homer recounting the tale of the Chilliad to a couple police officers.
posted by yasaman at 1:54 PM on May 2, 2019 [16 favorites]
posted by yasaman at 1:54 PM on May 2, 2019 [16 favorites]
The "Nobody is killing me" thing is my Baader-Meinhof phenomenon for the day.
posted by Navelgazer at 2:25 PM on May 2, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by Navelgazer at 2:25 PM on May 2, 2019 [1 favorite]
Honestly worth it if only for the framing device of college bro Homer recounting the tale of the Chilliad to a couple police officers.
“look, i’m just telling the story as it was told to me,” homer says.
thanks!
posted by the man of twists and turns at 2:30 PM on May 2, 2019 [5 favorites]
“look, i’m just telling the story as it was told to me,” homer says.
thanks!
posted by the man of twists and turns at 2:30 PM on May 2, 2019 [5 favorites]
"Centaur for Disease Control" would be the point I started giggling uncontrollably in public, yes.
posted by zachlipton at 3:07 PM on May 2, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by zachlipton at 3:07 PM on May 2, 2019 [2 favorites]
The chilliad is possibly the greatest thing I've ever read... Ok I'm only one part in but I love it.
posted by cirhosis at 3:20 PM on May 2, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by cirhosis at 3:20 PM on May 2, 2019 [1 favorite]
do you ever think about how relatable clytemnestra is?
I do now!
posted by MonkeyToes at 3:21 PM on May 2, 2019 [1 favorite]
I do now!
posted by MonkeyToes at 3:21 PM on May 2, 2019 [1 favorite]
My favorite metaphor is five.
posted by Groundhog Week at 3:28 PM on May 2, 2019
posted by Groundhog Week at 3:28 PM on May 2, 2019
Every year in mid-March, this post circulates around Tumblr. (Can't find the original, though. Tumblr's search was terrible before they gutted it last December.)
posted by ErisLordFreedom at 3:41 PM on May 2, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by ErisLordFreedom at 3:41 PM on May 2, 2019 [3 favorites]
a stroke of genius, if he said so himself, which he had to, because nobody fuckin asked
same, dude. same.
posted by the man of twists and turns at 3:45 PM on May 2, 2019 [3 favorites]
same, dude. same.
posted by the man of twists and turns at 3:45 PM on May 2, 2019 [3 favorites]
“look, i’m just telling the story as it was told to me,” homer says.
thanks!
posted by the man of twists and turns
eponysterical (translated by Fagles)
posted by zachlipton at 4:50 PM on May 2, 2019 [10 favorites]
thanks!
posted by the man of twists and turns
eponysterical (translated by Fagles)
posted by zachlipton at 4:50 PM on May 2, 2019 [10 favorites]
I don't think I can do tumblr but I adore these compilations.
Plus it gives me cool mom points with the teen when they overhear me watching ones with TikTok videos.
posted by frecklefaerie at 5:23 PM on May 2, 2019
Plus it gives me cool mom points with the teen when they overhear me watching ones with TikTok videos.
posted by frecklefaerie at 5:23 PM on May 2, 2019
THE FUCKING ROMAN LOSS
posted by Merus at 5:28 PM on May 2, 2019 [4 favorites]
posted by Merus at 5:28 PM on May 2, 2019 [4 favorites]
Loving the Chilliad, thanks for linking it.
And there's nothing like classics nerd humor - this is quality stuff.
posted by mogget at 6:05 PM on May 2, 2019
And there's nothing like classics nerd humor - this is quality stuff.
posted by mogget at 6:05 PM on May 2, 2019
I am only up to hour three but the Chiliad is great and deserves it's own FPP when it is finished. I seem to recall that the Iliad took six hours to recite, but I have no idea if that is a false memory. Any classics scholars care to comment?
I think, and I am just armchair quarterbacking at this point, that the gods should be faculty or at least post-grads (They should know better but they don't). But making them all college students does preserve the thematic unity.
posted by iamnotangry at 9:05 PM on May 2, 2019 [2 favorites]
I think, and I am just armchair quarterbacking at this point, that the gods should be faculty or at least post-grads (They should know better but they don't). But making them all college students does preserve the thematic unity.
posted by iamnotangry at 9:05 PM on May 2, 2019 [2 favorites]
I finally lost it at “tasty bread boys”
posted by flaterik at 11:29 PM on May 2, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by flaterik at 11:29 PM on May 2, 2019 [2 favorites]
A puzzling shortage of Hippocleides references
posted by one for the books at 10:08 AM on May 3, 2019
posted by one for the books at 10:08 AM on May 3, 2019
Oh, gods, the Chilliad is the perfect happy end to an otherwise kinda craptastic week. Every time I think "this is the best thing I've ever read", there's an even better joke.
I need to spend more time in classics Tumblr, apparently.
posted by hanov3r at 1:51 PM on May 3, 2019
I need to spend more time in classics Tumblr, apparently.
posted by hanov3r at 1:51 PM on May 3, 2019
lol I definitely read this as "classic tumblr" and after a few was like "a lot of ancient greece memes huh"
posted by Emily's Fist at 4:47 PM on May 5, 2019
posted by Emily's Fist at 4:47 PM on May 5, 2019
yasaman, thanks for the nudge--the chilliad is hilarious!
posted by MonkeyToes at 5:57 PM on May 6, 2019
posted by MonkeyToes at 5:57 PM on May 6, 2019
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posted by darkstar at 12:53 PM on May 2, 2019 [13 favorites]