Euripidaristophanist
Euripidaristophanist t1_j6gwyur wrote
Reply to comment by 1984happens in TIL the term “cloud cuckoo land” goes back to the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes, who used it for a utopian city of birds in his farce, the Birds by Mr_Westerfield
Yes, I'm partial to reading!
I've forgotten most of my Greek, though I suspect it'd be outdated by a few thousand years..
Euripidaristophanist t1_j6fk6lo wrote
Reply to TIL the term “cloud cuckoo land” goes back to the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes, who used it for a utopian city of birds in his farce, the Birds by Mr_Westerfield
I'm a 40-year old man whose never set foot in an English-speaking country, and even I've heard of this expression.
I don't know if these complainers who say they've never heard of it, either live under a rock, or don't read a lot.
One of them even calls this post stupid, which is a weirdly aggressive way of turning ignorance into hostility.
Euripidaristophanist t1_j2drh7w wrote
The Stanley Parable.
Also, you need to not-play it for a number of years for a specific achievement.
Euripidaristophanist t1_iyechs7 wrote
Reply to Garth Marenghi’s TerrorTomb by Laar14
I didn't even know this existed, but now it's in my library. Thanks!
I've only ever glanced at Dark Place, but what I saw, stuck with me forever.
Euripidaristophanist t1_ixeekwy wrote
Reply to comment by CampEmbarrassed170 in NASA’s Webb Reveals an Exoplanet Atmosphere as Never Seen Before by madneon_
There is no image, there's just a spectrograph.
Euripidaristophanist t1_j6jgtn5 wrote
Reply to comment by 1984happens in TIL the term “cloud cuckoo land” goes back to the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes, who used it for a utopian city of birds in his farce, the Birds by Mr_Westerfield
Nice, that's gonna keep me busy for a while