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PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months ago

Yuri Knorozov, Soviet linguist who was instrumental in decoding Mayan script, holding his co-author, Asya, 1980s?

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Yuri Knorozov, Soviet linguist who was instrumental in decoding Mayan script, holding his co-author, Asya, 1980s?

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PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months ago
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    and both of them are judging you

    • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPM
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      He looks intense as fuck. The cat looks like they’d open the door high on catnip and invite you in for a glass of milk when you were just there to drop off the mail.

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      And I judge them back. You should not look like sour milk when getting a portrait!

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        He was just bummed they wouldn’t give his cat a noble laureate for helping him realized language is also an expectation of received meaning and not just intended meaning.

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        This is actually his happy face.

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          Oh no

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    To honour his work, in Mérida, Yukatán, Mexico, a memorial has been erected modelled based on that photograph.

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      What?!? Mexico has carbonite freezing technology? When did this happen?

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        Obviously George Lucas has licensed his patent to the Mexican government.

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      Aw, will to live empowered for another day after seeing the cat statue part.

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    And he was always fighting publishers to have her listed as co-author.

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    They both look like smart guys.

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    Clearly they have both learned things mankind was never meant to know.

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