Bob Culley
BodilI don't want to put undue pressure on any country in particular, but I'd like you to please be aware that it's the Ides of March tomorrow.
Chris Petrilli@bodil the opportunity to do something truly hilarious
Chip Butty@bodil doesn't that mean that Vance would be Augustus though?
MacCruiskeen
David Brent 📚
MostlyTato@bodil
We are through the looking glass when you can post that and the entire world knows exactly what you are saying.
We are through the looking glass when you can post that and the entire world knows exactly what you are saying.
Mysturji
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Robert Petersen 
Ed Davies
Cadbury MooseAn auspicious date indeed.
Matt HallI like that you think we have that kind of stylistic flair.
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We don't.
Not only do most American's _not_ know the phrase. They don't know what it means.
If you move in circles _who_ do know what it means (I'm not being facetious) you're the exception.
But I like where your head is at. <3
Joe@401matthall @bodil Many Americans are familiar, we were assigned to read the play in high school.
@401matthall @bodil But are you familiar with the phrase "beware the ides of March"?
Yes, yes, I am.
My original point is that most Americans probably _aren't_. If you haven't had a kid in middle or high school in the last 10 years... I'm telling you... It's _bad_.
People our age don't make up the majority of the population anymore. We're on our way out. :D
This is what I'm referring to when I'm saying _most_ Americans _don't_ know the phrase, it's origin, or it's meaning.
I'm not being argumentative. I'm saying... If people know what it means they don't usually search for it on Google.
I know America doesn't make up the entirety of the internet. I dunno if I can guarantee these results are from the US only.
Erin@401matthall @not2b @bodil I know what it means and google it because I forget the date. Some people google it because there’s a huge meme culture about it every year on tumblr and they want to find the funny content. That spike in 2011 is from the movie of the same name which people often watch in March. People google things they know all the time. Search engines are not dictionaries.
Your graph also shows a decrease in searches for the phrase.
@401matthall @not2b @bodil But all that aside, what a bizarre notion that if people don’t already know it, they’re incapable of understanding it. It’s not exactly a hard concept. It is weirdly hostile to suggest that your fellow citizens and an entire generation are stupid and politically incapable if they don’t have the exact same knowledge you do and then seek it out when told that. You’d think people wanting to learn would be a good thing.
It's not bizarre at all to think that the _context_ of the statement is what lends the understanding. I never said it was a _hard_ concept. I'm not being _hostile_ at all.
You've filled my words with a context and a meaning I never sent out into the world.
I've never said I didn't want people to learn or that they were incapable of it.
I said _most_ Americans don't know the phrase or what it means. So far, we're arguing without data.
So far, I haven't really deviated from my original point. I'm really not sure why I'm drawing flak outside of... You know the phrase so you think everybody else does to?
Why would it bother you to believe most Americans _don't_ know it?
I think people think I'm trolling. I'm not. I'm pretty firm in my belief most Americans do not understand the phrase.
I willing to be convinced otherwise but... Why bother trying to convince me? What's gained? Or lost, really?
I don't wanna be a jerk but if you have to look up the date of the "Ides of March" periodically then you don't really know what it means.
The Ides of March is literally the middle of March. The context is a soothsayer told Caesar to beware the middle of March because she foresaw his death.
None of that's hard, I agree with you. Also... Most Americans don't know what a soothsayer is. What... What have I said that's bothered you so much?
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The Gaffer@bodil If Congress only had the courage to do the right thing…
DressToKILT@thegaffer @bodil They legislated away their courage decades ago. It's now illegal for them to have courage.
Shae Erisson@bodil do you think he'll have a grand mal Caesar?
@bodil That would require anyone that can get close enough to have a spine.
David Bremner@bodil Unrelated, some health insurance companies have "Caesar" in their name.
m[redacted]2@bodil thank you for your attention to this matter
Eric Bono
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Thomas Sturm@bodil Just a little stabbing, as a treat.
Sam Clemente@bodil Something about ‘handling’ overly “ambitious” Nationalist leaders who are vying for an empire
Mx. Chara Aznable (they/them) of the Pnictogen WingRemember March, the ides of March remember:
Did not great Julius bleed for justice' sake?
What villain touch'd his body, that did stab,
And not for justice?
(mind you I dunno if Brutus and his conspiracy were all THAT into justice…)
#shakespeare #julius-caesar
Ricardo Harvin@bodil Empire Fall Man, Empire Go
Lats (314 ppm)@bodil there are a number of notable people who are having a quiet Ides of March while keeping their backs to the wall.
mahadevank@bodil Brutus would earn the crowd's cheer for sure
VighnantakaHütet Euch vor den Ideen des Merz!