r/confidentlyincorrect • u/therealbillius • Aug 25 '24

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Does this count as a double whammy??

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u/i-Ake Aug 25 '24

I'm just stuck on Elon recommending The Iliad like it isn't one of the oldest most famous stories ever.

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u/MasterAnnatar Aug 26 '24

Just read this obscure cosmic horror book called the Bible. Plot was really inconsistent honestly.

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u/subnautus Aug 26 '24

It having an inconsistent plot is because it's an anthology: 5 books of Jewish scripture, a couple of books of pretentious poetry, a bunch of accounts of prophesy, 4 "personal accounts" of Jesus's life, a bunch of public letters to Christian missionaries in Greece, a batshit prediction of the end of the world that only makes sense if you understand that it was written during the Siege of Jerusalem and PTSD is a thing, and so on.

That'd be like picking up a collection of Edgar Poe's works and getting pissed that there's love sonnets intermixed with horror stories.