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Cake day: June 14th, 2023

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  • you missed out on the best part of the Alexander The Great one (which is in only in a few of the many versions of the story iirc):

    After Alexander the Great is told to move to the side, he was so amused and surprised that not only he did, he said “If I wasn’t Alexander, I would like to be Diogenes” to which Diogenes replied: “If I wasn’t Diogenes, I would also like to be Diogenes.”

    :)


  • Diogenes was a “homeless” ascetic philosopher that radically rejected societal convention. He lived in extreme poverty by choice, living in one of those big market jars and begging. He frequently illustrated his beliefs by publicly mocking or ridiculing other citizens, philosophers and even leaders, and also by doing socially unacceptable things openly in the city square, like taking dumps, pissing and even masturbating. He’s considered on of the founders of cynicism (philosophical school of thought).

    There are a lot of colorful stories around him mocking or disrespecting others, the best being the ones @[email protected] posted in the other reply and are accurate portrayals of stuff written about him afaik.