Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 21/03/2026You succeed in your career and meet your role model. "I really enjoyed chatting with you" you say. "Huh?" they're confused. "You were probably talking to Claude." you bolt awake in the mountains of Carthage. It is 217 BC. You are the general Hannibal. The future cannot come to pass. Rome must burn 41134189
Ozma @rowyourbot.bsky.social · 21/03/2026God damn I wish Hannibal had triumphed. But this was probably from my dad telling us stories of Hannibal in a rueful way and all us kids woeful that Hannibal did not triumph. When I got to college and read about the fall of Carthage I still felt sad about it. 010
RI Smith @rismith.bsky.social · 21/03/2026media.tenor.coma basketball player with a beard is standing in front of a man in a suit and tie .Alt: J R Smith attempting to break through the cloud of confusion/drugs and figure out what is going on in the game 060
MadisonBelmar @madisonbelmar.bsky.social · 21/03/2026This time, think siege engines, not elephants 060
Voltaireon - 5 caustic French philosophers in a trenchcoat @shaidorsai.bsky.social · 21/03/2026"You got me, 'Carthago delenda est,' wasn't Latin for 'defend cargo shorts', and you're right to call me out for it, Cato. I'll do better next time." 0490