coeliacmccarthy [he/him] to news • edit-23 years agoI used to wonder what day-to-day existence was like during the Crisis of the Third Centuryimagemessage-square61 fedilinkarrow-up1121file-text
arrow-up1121imageI used to wonder what day-to-day existence was like during the Crisis of the Third Centurycoeliacmccarthy [he/him] to news • edit-23 years agomessage-square61 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
people often focus on major traumatic events when they consider the decline and collapse of civilizations but we mustn't ignore the little things
minus-squareFidelCashflow [he/him]hexbear48·3 years agoEverytime I go to the courthouse in my city they still havent fixed an elevator. This is what the fall of rome had to feel like link
minus-squareDeathToBritain [she/her, they/them]hexbear55·3 years agoI know this is hyperbolic, but it is symbolic of the decay of infrastructure and the death by a thousand paper cuts that truly leads to the collapse of an empire link
minus-squareSnackuleata [any]hexbear5·3 years agoI think of this every time I can't listen to podcasts on cellular and have to download them in advance. link
Everytime I go to the courthouse in my city they still havent fixed an elevator.
This is what the fall of rome had to feel like
I know this is hyperbolic, but it is symbolic of the decay of infrastructure and the death by a thousand paper cuts that truly leads to the collapse of an empire
I think of this every time I can't listen to podcasts on cellular and have to download them in advance.
unironically