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Context: Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Ponte y Palacios Blanco also known as Simón Bolívar was a revolutionary figure and namesake for the country of Bolivia.

The Victorian Era is named after Queen Victoria and her depressing clothing choices.

Caesar Salad is named after a Mexican Italian chef, Caesar Cardini. Who is well known for overseeing the Roman Republics collapse into an empire.

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[-] trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

!roughromanmemes@piefed.social

[-] CobraCommander@quokk.au 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Unfortunately a dead comm on a terrible instance after the power hungry admin made the comms only active contributor quit.

[-] trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 days ago

Not entirely dead, but unfortunately a lot less active than when @PugJesus@piefed.social was still around, but occasionally still gets new posts, and yours would fit right in.

[-] CobraCommander@quokk.au 4 points 5 days ago

True, but I would never contribute to a .social community.

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