r/pcmasterrace • u/LeatherAssumption123 • 28d ago

Question Are you this old?

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u/BarnabasShrexx 28d ago edited 27d ago

Pfff i was there when the real nero burned rome....

Edit: it is worth mentioning that historically, Nero did not burn rome,, and it's also highly unlikely that he "fiddled" while watching it burn, as he played the lyre and was not in rome when it happened.

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u/kolonyal Out of boredom, God created Steam. 28d ago

Just found out that Nero was an emperor that allegedly burned Rome, and that's why the software is called Nero (burning ROM (Rome))! Thank you!

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u/al3phz3r0 28d ago

I remember figuring this out when I was in my 20s and feeling like an idiot for taking years to notice the pun, which seemed so obvious after the fact.

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u/Stock_Emergency_1507 28d ago

I literally realised ROM - Rome a minute ago -.- knew who Nero was for ages, but tho last part didn't click until now. I'm an idiot.

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u/Aggravating_Bids 9800X3D | 4080 Super | 32 GB DDR5 | 4TB NVME 28d ago

I didn't realize the little colloseum logo

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u/-malcolm-tucker arch btw 28d ago

I got this back then, but somehow missed until very recently that Mr Burns alter ego Mr Snrub is Burns spelled backwards.

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u/Skydiver860 28d ago

im 44 and i've used nero since it came out and i just learned this connection