Chiki Phoenix
@chikiphx.bsky.social
Liberal in a red state. Retired ATC. USAF Veteran. Green Bay Packer fan. Gen Jones.
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I'm obsessed with how much ancient history wikipedia editors managed to fit into the "yo mama" article
!["ancient times": "The incarnations of filial piety in various cultures are reflected by examples through history.
Rabbi Eliezer (c. 100 CE) was said to have interrupted a man reading aloud the opening words of the then-banned and still-troubling Ezekiel 23.[5]
Man: "Mortal, proclaim to Jerusalem her abominations..."
Eliezer: "Why don't you go out and proclaim the abominations of your mother?"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyyd366g3hrxp5rynixm2mm3/bafkreidcdkfyzscdzh4unmybeifcgcczndq75j3rpnc56ukljmmru6t6he@jpeg)
!["Plutarch's biography of Cicero notes that:[6]
Again, in a dispute with Cicero, Metellus Nepos asked repeatedly "Who is your father?"
"In your case," said Cicero, "your mother has made the answer to this question rather difficult."
In the Strategies of the Warring States, it is recorded that the following was said by the King Wei of Qi after "](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyyd366g3hrxp5rynixm2mm3/bafkreicsucky7emyx7w7yqakzcybqu42emqanuohytxmnyk4c5dect3ujy@jpeg)
May 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I'm obsessed with how much ancient history wikipedia editors managed to fit into the "yo mama" article
