RotSteinFinke

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[–] RotSteinFinke@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That was the ending to the episode where they have to give up the town because of all the garbage and pollution, and just move Springfield a few miles to a new place. But this doesn't feel like it's this. I just can't put my finger on it...

[–] RotSteinFinke@feddit.org 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's even more confusing: Emojis were invented in Japan, which adds another layer of cultural differences. Holding your hands flat against each other is a common sign for prayer in Christianity, but in Japan it is a commen gesture for giving thanks. Hence the "official" meaning: Thank you

[–] RotSteinFinke@feddit.org 8 points 2 months ago

Maybe they mean lupus? I think wolfes were already extinct in the 1600s on the British isles.

[–] RotSteinFinke@feddit.org 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Principal Skinner and Miss Krababel where in the closet together. And he had a thousand hands, like Vishnu. And they were all busy.

[–] RotSteinFinke@feddit.org 39 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's why the dwarfs where helping him with his decision.

[–] RotSteinFinke@feddit.org 16 points 6 months ago

The numbers were code for emperor Nero. If you assign every letter in the alphabet a number based on the alphabetical order and add up the values for the name, you get 666. But only if you use the Greek name NERON CAESAR, in Latin, he would be NERO CAESAR, and the missing N gives you only 616. So some scribes in the western part of the empire would calculate in their head and write down 616. So we got two versions of the number going around in manuscripts from the time.