SarifOct 1, 2024
rk: it’s hyphen-minus actually

I first learned the basic plot of the Epic of Gilgamesh

#literature #classics #startrek

when I read a translation
33.8%
when I read a summary
11.3%
when Picard explained it to Darmok
55%
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Sep 30, 2024 at 4:11pmWeb
Show threadDavid JONESSep 30, 2024
@rk there is also a They May Be Giants track called "The Mesopotamians" but i haven't heard it and i don't know it covers a summary of the epic tale.
Show threadrk: it’s hyphen-minus actuallySep 30, 2024

@drj

I first learned about James K Polk from…

Show threadmathewSep 30, 2024

@rk @drj We went to visit James K. Polk's grave in Nashville, purely because of the TMBG song.

Which ironically was written because they wanted to see if they could write a good song just using uninspiring historical facts.

(I saw a video of the bee of the bird of the moth the other day. They're weird creatures.)

Show threadDavid JONESSep 30, 2024
@mathew @rk typical Nashville pilgrimage. Is my head canon now.
Show threadmathewSep 30, 2024
@drj @rk It doesn't. It's a very good song though.
Show threadDavid JONESOct 1, 2024
@mathew @rk it turns out while I had thought TMBG had written a song about Gilgamesh, that was pure vibes. I hadn't heard the song, and didn't know about Mesopotamians until I looked it up on Wikipedia. But I was looking it up because I thought I knew they had (when I didn't know).