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Priorities (Cabbage, his priorities are cabbage) (media.piefed.social)
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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Explanation: Diocletian was a Roman Emperor of the late 3rd century and early 4th century AD who royally fucked the government he took over, and then promptly retired to a nice villa in the Balkans. When one of his co-emperors wrote to him begging him to come back and unfuck the mess he seeded, Diocletian responded “If you [the messenger] could show the cabbage that I planted with my own hands to your emperor, he definitely wouldn’t dare suggest that I replace the peace and happiness of this place with the storms of a never-satisfied greed.”

His cabbage palace is really nice, though, you can still visit it today

[–] CanadaPlus 3 points 5 days ago

Oooh, something to do if I'm ever in Croatia!