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cannot express how long the trojan horse would’ve sat outside my city gates before i gathered the energy to go grab it. those greeks would’ve starved in in there

  • NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone
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    11 hours ago

    Nowadays you’d get a “package delivered” sms with a photo of the Trojan Horse outside a gate you don’t recognise.

  • DagwoodIII@piefed.social
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    15 hours ago

    otoh, the actual Trojans fought for years before Odysseus thought up that trick.

    Sounds like you’d have given up Helen before second breakfast.

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    14 hours ago

    None of these delivery people ring doorbells anymore. It’ll just sit there unless I get the email with the picture of it on my doorstep.

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      14 hours ago

      I wish they didn’t, our doorbell sucks and it freaks the cats out every time they ring it.

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        14 hours ago

        Have you tried disconnecting it? Or messing with it to dampen the sound? I think I used a paper clip on one once.

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            13 hours ago

            Doorbells are the simplest electronic component known to man (literally just a button). You can totally unscrew it and disconnect it inside

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            13 hours ago

            I think they run on super low voltage. Take the external plastic casing off, should reveal a bell. Maybe put a piece of masking tape on the bell. That should muffle the sound and maybe not scare the kitties. I did something similar at my last place, but I clipped something like a paper clip or a binder clip to the bell.

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    16 hours ago

    “Well it’s wood, it’ll survive the elements. Besides, it’s not like I can bring it inside a building or anything so what difference does it make if it stays out there for a while longer, you know?”