Ancient Gold Bracelet Punchline

Imagine your city gets leveled and one of the few things that survived and gets discovered over thousands of years is a plastic choker that says “from discord daddy to his little kitten” This 2,000 year-old gold bracelet from the ruins of Pompeii reads: “From a master to his slave girl.” It’s made of over a pound of gold. The metal content alone was worth more than 5 years of a legionary’s wage.

A social media post jokes about a modern plastic choker surviving for thousands of years, then contrasts it with an actual ancient gold bracelet from Pompeii inscribed “From a master to his slave girl.” The punchline compares contemporary online BDSM language with an archaeological artifact that reveals a similarly suggestive master-and-slave relationship. EN: A social media post jokes about a modern plastic choker surviving for thousands of years, then contrasts it with an actual ancient gold bracelet from Pompeii inscribed “From a master to his slave girl.” The punchline compares contemporary online BDSM language with an archaeological artifact that reveals a similarly suggestive master-and-slave relationship.

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