Allison ParrishSep 22, 2018
"Ozymandias" is often read as a warning on the hubris of desiring immortality but it should be read as being about how good Ozy's workers were at making durable pedestals
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I'm honored to have been invited to speak at this year's Ancient Land Monument Symposium about my lab's latest research in inscribed plinth durability. *advances slide* Look on this pedestal, ye mighty colleagues, and despair!
Sep 22, 2018 at 1:47pmAmaroq
Show threadAllison ParrishSep 22, 2018

food $200
bulwarks against the ravages of time, made manifest by the desert sand encroaching on my works and empire $150
plinth durability research $6000
utility $150

someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. nothing beside remains

Show threadSluglife Sep 22, 2018
@aparrish Spend less on plinth durability research
Show threadAllison ParrishSep 22, 2018
@sluglife no
Show threadScott FrancisMay 2
@aparrish @pozorvlak
Show threadLew PerinSep 22, 2018
@aparrish It’s still morning and I’ve already seen the word “plinth“!
Show threadDoc Edward Morbius ❌​Sep 22, 2018
@aparrish Some day my plinth will come