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[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't speak medieval Italian so sadly he's off my list

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Presumably if we figured out how to bring back the dead and thoroughly decomposed, we could solve the language barrier.

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Babel fish, you say?

But actually I intended to indicate something more here... Almost all of these will have spoken English and it's a bit slanted y'know? I'd take Aristotle lol

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought about him, but IIRC he was a bit of a jerk.

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah but imagine if he were personally a jerk to you

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Get him drunk and coax him into a fistfight/barbrawl over symantics.

Ok. I see the appeal.

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

I strongly suspect peak Aristotle would fucking wreck me but when he's old and rotten? Yeah I reckon I have a chance