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So, I happen to be a king near the Mediterranean (not telling where bc I don't wannna doxx myself), and the other day a messanger ran into my palace shouting "the sea people are coming!".

I told him that there can't be 'sea people' because people live on land and not in the sea, but he kept insisting that there are 'sea people' and they're coming, so I had him drowned to prove that people living in the sea is impossible.

Now all kids in the city are talking about 'sea people' and it's driving me nuts. I hope this trend goes away soon.

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[-] negativenull@lemmy.world 46 points 5 months ago

Don't worry, I just sacrificed a nice bull, in hopes of stopping this new cringy trend by the youths

[-] uservoid1@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago

I did my research, bulls do not work! You should be using virgins instead!!!

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 17 points 5 months ago
[-] stringere@sh.itjust.works 17 points 5 months ago

We prefer the whole creature and not just a portion of the lower leg.

[-] uservoid1@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

A calf? Next you'll suggest the vegan option?? Herb burners like yourself have no regard to tredition

[-] negativenull@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago

Damn it! I've been foiled!!

[-] makyo@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

And if not virgins, all that’s left as a possibility is kings

[-] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 5 months ago

Delete this comment right now.

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 31 points 5 months ago

Just keep killing everybody who mentions any problems. That's sure to make them go away.

[-] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 5 months ago

Yeah, I've already ordered new torture methods to be invented.

[-] retrospectology@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago

If people were meant to go out on the big water place the gods would've made our legs out of wood. Checkmate Yamm worshippers!

[-] PythagreousTitties@lemm.ee 12 points 5 months ago

I wrote a letter to my uncle a couple cities over asking him if he's ever heard of those sea peoples. He must not have, because he never wrote me back.

[-] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

It's a very fringe theory, but at least one evolutionary biologist believes we came from the sea.

[-] N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 5 months ago

This sorcerer should be put to death immediately. She clearly communes with the Underworld.

[-] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 5 months ago
[-] spittingimage@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Beats me, but apparently they're an evil one. I'll start handing out torches and pitchforks.

[-] Hamartia@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

The Fomorians are eternal and cannot just be wished away. Now prepare your first born as tribute lest we come spoiling.

[-] Hamartia@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Too late. We comin'

[-] s_s@lemm.ee 5 points 5 months ago

No amount of chariots will save you now.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Just hire them as mercenaries like the Pharaoh did. Problem solved.

[-] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 months ago

I don't know. The latest polling numbers show a swing away from the nationalist Pharaoh - Ra coalition to the pro-immigration Hyksos party.

[-] some_guy 2 points 5 months ago

Don't knock it. They're small so they're hard to spot, but they'll build shrines to you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpijPFtQiK0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdH0gdI2uyw

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