I Can't Read Lol

A Neapolitan fought fourteen duels to prove that Dante was a greater poet than Ariosto. At his death-bed, his confessor desired him, by way of penance, to acknowledge the superiority of Ariosto. “Father,” answered the dying man, “to tell the truth, I never read either Dante or Ariosto.” I can't read lol

A muscular GigaChad holds an open book beneath a quotation about a Neapolitan who fought duels over poets he had never read. The punchline is the exaggerated confidence of arguing passionately about something without knowing anything about it, followed by the admission: “I can’t read lol.” EN: A muscular GigaChad holds an open book beneath a quotation about a Neapolitan who fought duels over poets he had never read. The punchline is the exaggerated confidence of arguing passionately about something without knowing anything about it, followed by the admission: “I can’t read lol.”

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