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The writing on this tablet being from a time when his civilization was collapsing. The only change to make his words 100% correct would be "as we know it."
Other than the fact the Assyrians didn't collapse until 600 BC and it wasn't for any of those reasons.
Of course, Assyria also didn't exist in 2800 BC so the meme probably meant 800-600 BC for a 2800 year old tablet, but STILL, the old man yelling at clouds was wrong.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyria
If the image is true at all, the year mentioned is about 200 years prior to Assyria even being formed. This closely coincides with one of the pre-Assyrian collapse (or massive shift) periods where the society changed a great deal.
Hence "as we know it."
As you may know, this is the entire premise of fall of civilizations podcast, which also did a great episode on the Assyrians:
https://podcastaddict.com/fall-of-civilizations-podcast/episode/124415257