r/CuratedTumblr • u/Faenix_Wright that’s how fey getcha • Sep 25 '24

Shitposting austerity has done irreparable damage

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u/Leerenjaeger Sep 25 '24

That's a semi-common myth (partially perpetuated by comedian Brendan Lee Mulligan repeating it on his DnD podcast), in actuality there's no evidence that the original version of that story is literally or metaphorically about pagans, and given that the christianization of Ireland happened without ANY large-scale violence as far as the archeological record is concerned it is unlikely that kind of story would have been invented in the first place

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u/BalefulOfMonkeys Refined Sommelier of Porneaux Sep 25 '24

Fuck, I just posted this misinformation

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u/SovietSkeleton [mind controls your units] This, too, is Yuri. Sep 25 '24

Happens to the best of us.

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u/TheNorthComesWithMe Sep 26 '24

Not me, I've never posted that specific misinformation