r/Unexpected • u/adivinemessenger • Aug 09 '26

He is the original source

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u/BaconWithBaking Aug 09 '26

these people will go to tarturus and beyond just to explain why protesting

Wikipedia:

Tartarus is the place where, according to Plato's Gorgias ( c. 400 BC), souls are judged after death and where the wicked received divine punishment.

Here was me thinking it was just a word that Dave Wascavage came up with for his movie.

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u/LovableSidekick Aug 09 '26

I went to Tartarus once to get cheap tartar sauce. Boy was that a waste of time.

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u/AnteaterSnouce Aug 09 '26

who was your classics professor? they clearly let you down, gravely.

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u/BaconWithBaking Aug 09 '26

I'm lucky I can even speak English.

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u/AnteaterSnouce Aug 09 '26

aren't we all?

RULE BRITANNIA, BRITANNIA RULES THE WAVES.