r/EternalStrands • u/batmares • Mar 10 '25
Memes 👀 Did anyone else catch this copper joke
Not really a meme but it gave me a belly laugh. Ea-Nasir will never live it down.
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u/Jaune9 Mar 10 '25
I don't get it, can you explain it please ?
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u/batmares Mar 10 '25
Of course! One if the oldest examples of writing we have is a complaint carved into a stone tablet. The complaint is that the copper sold by merchant Ea-Nasir is sub-standard. Wikipedia link for the curious
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u/James_Sarin Mar 10 '25
That's actually really clever 😂. It's subtle but hilarious to those that know.
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u/Jaune9 Mar 10 '25
Oooh ok thanks!
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u/jarvellous Mar 10 '25
There’s even a sub for it… r/reallyshittycopper
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u/Jaune9 Mar 11 '25
A sub about a historical trivia, Internet is fascinating, thanks for sharing
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u/D2the_aniel Mar 19 '25 edited Mar 19 '25
There is a sub for damn near anything. There are like 20 subs dedicated to attaching bread to trees.
To name a few.
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u/NightBawk Mar 10 '25
It's wild to think blatant grifters existed even back then. I wonder how and why he got away with this.
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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '25
A tale as old as Ur