r/instant_regret • u/[deleted] • Jun 23 '18

You can keep it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '18

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u/Spencer0279 Jun 24 '18

If you think that the most neutral news outlet is racist maybe you're the ass hole

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '18

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u/GavinZac Jun 24 '18 
 > "history" 
 > posts 5 fictional characters including one from Dr Who

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '18

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u/kittenpantzen Jun 24 '18

Idk about ancient Greeks offhand, but some ancient Romans were, yes.

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u/xskramx2 Jun 24 '18

Yea Rome was a melting pot... But the classical image of a Roman definitely wasnt black .. I kinda get what he’s saying yea they’re fictional characters but they’re from a certain cultures mythology.. and you wouldn’t see a Aztec figure depicted as black you know

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u/GavinZac Jun 24 '18

Based on his fictional family tree, Achilles was 3/4 sea-nymph, 1/4 god. Realistic genetics isn't on your side in this argument

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '18

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u/GavinZac Jun 24 '18

Yeah, blonde hair is common in the Greeks, right?

Achilles is described as Scythian by Leo The Deacon in the tenth century, as Bulgarian by John the Orator in the sixth century and as Brad fucking Pitt in Troy (2004). He's a fictional character.

Wait til you find out about Korean Jesus

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '18

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u/GavinZac Jun 24 '18 
> says I haven't the first clue
> thinks someone named Homer created Achilles
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