The Iliad Just Goes On Forever

Anonymous 12/12/21(Sun)04:45:40 No.19555109 H O M E R THE ILIAD 64 KB JPG >And Yabadabadoopolis killed Diabetes by piercing him in the side with a spear. The darkness filled his eyes and he fucking died. Diabetes was the son of Diabetus and was the strongest man in yada yada yada *twenty lines later* but now he's fucking dead >Tyrannosaurus shot Skwoomy Woomy the Thracian through the chest plate and the darkness filled his eyes. Skwoomy Woomy was the son of Dicksucker from the valley of Salami *20 lines later* but his great wealth could not save him and now he's fucking dead Holy shit it just goes on like this page after page. Is this what the whole book is going to be like?

Скриншот анонимного сообщения с фотографией обложки «Илиады». Автор пародирует бесконечные описания смертей в эпической поэме, заменяя героев абсурдными именами и современными грубыми выражениями, а затем жалуется, что книга продолжается страница за страницей. Мем отправляют, когда текст или история кажется чрезмерно длинной, повторяющейся и утомительной. EN: An anonymous post shows a photo of The Iliad’s cover. The writer parodies the epic’s endless descriptions of deaths by replacing heroes with absurd names and modern vulgar phrasing, then complains that the book continues page after page. People send this meme when a text or story feels excessively long, repetitive, and exhausting.

• @eternalclassic / 32671 2023-05-15