Matt Walsh (Real)@sh.itjust.works to Memes@lemmy.ml · 3 months agoit was so over, it is so over, and it will always be over 😔media.channels.imimagemessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up11.05Karrow-down132
arrow-up11.02Karrow-down1imageit was so over, it is so over, and it will always be over 😔media.channels.imMatt Walsh (Real)@sh.itjust.works to Memes@lemmy.ml · 3 months agomessage-square72fedilink
minus-squarebran_buckler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up35·3 months agoThere’s a lot of references to this, but it looks like there’s not a known source. Interestingly, the first reference to this tablet was from 1908. https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/10/22/world-end/
minus-squarejballs@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoIt’s annoying that they referenced several times the quote appeared since the early 1900s, but didn’t take a single step to determine if such a thing was written down in a museum in Istanbul.
There’s a lot of references to this, but it looks like there’s not a known source. Interestingly, the first reference to this tablet was from 1908. https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/10/22/world-end/
So it’s a fake story from 1908
It’s annoying that they referenced several times the quote appeared since the early 1900s, but didn’t take a single step to determine if such a thing was written down in a museum in Istanbul.