• flamingos-cant (hopepunk arc)@feddit.ukOPEnglish
      49·
      5 days ago

      Reminds me of this story about a Luddite who, while captured and injured, signalled for a priest to come over and asked ‘Can you keep a secret?’ After hearing the priest confirm they could, he responded with ‘So can I’ and proceeded to die.

  • Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzEnglish
    9·
    5 days ago

    I must admit I never read Ariosto either. I started Orlando Furioso years ago, then dropped it after a few pages (it was uni times and I was burned out with literature).

  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.orgEnglish
    92·
    4 days ago

    Are deathbed confessions still a thing? I want to hear the last words of all MAGA, Antivaxx and tankie grifters. Finally solve the big mystery: can people really be that stupid? Or have they been liars and grifters all along?

          • Passerby6497@lemmy.worldEnglish
            15·
            4 days ago

            Ben Carson was a goddamned brain surgeon who was a fucking moron that believed the pyramids were used to store grain.

            Don’t confuse education with intelligence. Some of the smartest people I’ve met are the dumbest motherfuckers outside of their specific knowledge domains. I still laugh about the PhD who bitched me out in front of his class because he couldn’t figure out how to turn a computer on.

            • kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
              4·
              3 days ago

              Surgeons apparently have a reputation for being kind of stupid. Their main qualification is physical, since they have to have incredibly steady hands. I’d rather have a moron who won’t slip cutting into my brain than a genius who will.

              Aside from that, though, Engineer Syndrome is definitely a thing. I suspect it’s part of why programmers aren’t unionized basically anywhere.

              • Passerby6497@lemmy.worldEnglish
                1·
                2 days ago

                Surgeons apparently have a reputation for being kind of stupid.

                Can confirm. I worked for a surgery center during COVID, and remember at least one surgeon who must have failed germ theory class when it came to mask effectiveness 😅