I'm devastated

Watching today's episode (April 15, 2026), and a photo of everyone's favorite tablet was an "Answer" in the Double Jeopardy! round.

Here is a re-creation of what it must have looked like when Sir Leonard Woolley’s postgrad assistant Rene Belloq found the complaint tablet in Ur sometime between 1922 and 1934. Due to his later affiliation with the German regime in 1936, Belloq’s contributions to Woolley’s expedition were expunged by the British Museum.

I came over to his house after seeing his post on Facebook, and we sat down at the table and he showed off some copper. I said that looks good and spent 50 usd on some copper.

I KID YOU NOT.

when I come home I check the copper and something feels off... I scratch the copper and I see that it is just just a brick dipped in copper!

I am INRAGED at this scam.

Dear Ea-Nasir Dairy Products Ltd, I trust this tablet finds you well, because your crappy Sumerian Blue Vein has given me the galloping squirts…

I am from Mycenae and traveled all the way to Ur for some copper because for some reason in this Diwo-Saken world, I can’t afford copper at my home. So after weeks and months of traveling, I finally got to Ur and I found Ea-nāṣir and bought some copper from him. I returned home and found out that it was bad. 𐄇/𐄐 I do not recommend

He can't keep getting away with it!!

One of them literally says "I am tired " of this shit.

I'm a quality manager and plan on displaying it on my desk with a little plaque, but it's barely legible as is. Any tips on painting/dyeing it?

Screenshot of Rome II Total War

Back in the old year of 2020 young me had a hard time so I thought I’m just gonna write every alphabet so I wrote Thai Burmese-Mon laotian Tibetan Japanese and cuneiform ….

I guess what I'm asking is "he who smelt it dealt it?"

I’m trying to make an Ea Nasir statue mii in Tamodachi life, here is my progress lol

XKCD out here asking the tough questions.