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Sep 18, 2023Liked by shit you should care about

My equivalents of the Roman Empire are the Tudors (especially the wives of henry the eighth), Greek mythology and Greta Gerwig's version of Little Women

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Sep 18, 2023Liked by shit you should care about

i've got to be honest and say i do actually think about the roman empire every day. this is PURELY because i study classics at my sixth form and it's the biggest topic. no other reason!!

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Sep 18, 2023Liked by shit you should care about

I texted my boyfriend asking him how often he thought about the Roman Empire, thinking he was gonna say not ever really, I was wrong. Once we got past the fact he is currently playing a game themed around it, he told me "I don't know. It pops into my head once a week or a few times a month probably.". I burst out laughing when I read that 🤣

His further replies:

"Why?! The Roman empire shaped Europe for 2000 years

So much happened

It's so interesting

Genuinely, i think the roman empire is awesome

And the republic"

My version of it has to be true crime/murder but I don't know if we want to unpack the sociological and societal reasons behind that...

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Sep 18, 2023Liked by shit you should care about

Amazing story about the power of SYSCA hood! I’m wondering if maybe the power of SYSCA hood can also help drive positive world change? Basically John green is trying to get Danaher, a company which also owns Pantone, to lower their lifesaving tuberculosis tests to $5 from the 200-500% profit margins that they make now. Here’s a video he made that explains it better than I can: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxGzvS2PxG0/?igshid=NzZhOTFlYzFmZQ==

Or a longer video on their YouTube:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tSC06P9A5W4

Anyway, to do this we need all the help we can get! I think SYSCA hood will add a much needed voice to this fight! People can email on investor.relations@danaher.com, since investor relations are all they seem to care about. Call them. Overwhelm their phone lines. Call Cepheid (the maker of the testing machines) toll-free at 888.838.3222

There are email and phone templates at http://tbfighters.org.

And they are on social media!

It would be amazing if you can spread the message into the SYSCA hood. (Plus we all love the green brothers!)

All good if not but hoping the power of SYSCA hood can help make some real change!

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Sep 18, 2023Liked by shit you should care about

YASSSSS bestie, we got there! Your new life staaarrrrrrrrrrts NOW! Go!

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Sep 19, 2023Liked by shit you should care about

I have been lemonied this morning. Thanks for giving me a word to describe it.

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Sep 19, 2023Liked by shit you should care about

i think about ancient greece semi frequently bc mythology but also they had a bomb arts program

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Sep 18, 2023Liked by shit you should care about

My equivalent to the roman empire is anything phoebe bridgers has ever done (especially that one time she was in an asmr video tbh)

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Sep 18, 2023Liked by shit you should care about

Need an HBO documentary retrospective expose on the sister squad

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Sep 18, 2023Liked by shit you should care about

I'm not a guy, but as a general nerd, I guess I do think of the Roman Empire at least once a week🙈🙈 But my equivalent to this would also be thinking about embarrassing things I did years ago🤦🏻‍♀️

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THE TOM HOLLAND UMBRELLA LIP SYNC CHANGED MY LIFE!!! you're so so real for this 🫶🫶🫶

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Sep 18, 2023Liked by shit you should care about

I asked my boyfriend about the Roman Empire after seeing that trend on TikTok and he said that he was thinking of it at least once a week! His explanation was that there is a LOT of video game on this period

Also, so happy that you got your luggage back 💕

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Sep 18, 2023Liked by shit you should care about

AIRTAGS SAVED MY FAMILIES EXPERIENCE IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE (modern day rome with luggage thieves<3)

truly a fun and dangerous experience driving blindly behind thieves that could have killed us and getting no help from the italian police :)

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Sep 18, 2023Liked by shit you should care about

welcome back! holy hell i’m so happy you got your luggage!!!

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I think it's a real credit to you Luce that you have curated your own little space of the internet where you can get help from strangers around the world to help locate your bags in a totally different country and get them to you!! That's amazing and I'm glad things worked out for you!

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So funny little thing.... I kept seeing all these "Roman empire" references on instagram (I don't use Tik Tok). But I know it had to have originated there. I didn't know the back story but thought to myself.... Hopefully SYSCA will explain this to me this week. And then BOOM! Like magic! You guys rock. Thanks for keeping me moderately in-the-know!

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