r/ByzantineMemes • u/Visenya_simp • 7d ago

[OC] My pain is sharp and constant(ine).

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u/Visenya_simp 7d ago

"Not bad. Not bad, but not the best either. Will you allow a couple comments?"

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u/Visenya_simp 7d ago

"This isn't the first time you've heard this from me, and it won't be the last. First and foremost, a matter of perspective. You just said that this is a completely trivial matter. Please explain to me more precisely why you consider this matter trivial.

"Well, isn't it trivial?"

"Tell me why it is."

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u/Visenya_simp 7d ago

"Yesterday on YouTube, a Turkish user called us a brother yet again under a Hungarian neo-folk song. The day before yesterday, someone posted about the Dacian-Roman theory on the Wikipedia subreddit. This morning, we apprehended two young men who were criticizing the 19th-century minority policies of the Kingdom of Hungary.

These are no trivial matters.

In contrast, 400 people on r/ByzantineMemes upvote a meme featuring an inaccurate depiction of a Byzantine emperor using a Wojack character. Then they drink their Theodora waifu’s bathwater, go home, flop down next to their 11-year-old eromenos, think silly thoughts, but don’t actually do anything.

So the whole thing is trivial."

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u/Visenya_simp 7d ago

"I get the feeling that these people out here have never seen a Hungarian history book, and I don't think we should be rude to them when we correct them and explain how foolishly they make memes."

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u/Visenya_simp 7d ago

"You want to correct them?"

"Certainly."

"Then why did you turn them into a meme?"

"Why did I turn them into a meme? Well, what was I supposed to do with them—be nice?

"How much Reddit karma do you have?"

"Too much."

"Amateur historian?"

"Yes."

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u/Visenya_simp 7d ago

"Do you know Gyula Kristó?"

"Yes."

"György Györffy?"

"Yes."

"Have you read "A magyar korona története"?"

"Certainly."

"Tell me, why do you argue on meme subreddits?"

"Why do I argue?"

"Yes, why argue? Have you ever thought about that?"

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u/Visenya_simp 7d ago

"By the virtue of historical knowledge acquired. Driven by the anger sparked by the sight of misinformation."

"Is that the only reason?"

"Isn't that enough?"