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[–] napoleonsdumbcousin@feddit.org 12 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Homer's Troja did hold out for 10 years of siege, so you could see Troja as a symbol of durability instead of reducing the name to only the Trojan Horse.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 9 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Fair enough. I haven’t gotten laid in 10 years either.

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 4 points 16 hours ago

Shit, someone write an epic poem about this person's inability to get laid.