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Know your value! (lemmy.world)
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[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago

Explanation: Caesar, in his youth, was kidnapped and held for ransom by pirates. Amongst other curiousities of the story is that when Caesar, then a relatively unknown young man, heard he was being ransomed for 20 talents (620kg/1366bs) of silver, he demanded they INCREASE the ransom to 50 talents! A man has to know what he's worth!

[-] MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 week ago

They should have killed him and dumped his body over the side.

He came back, crucified them, and then took the talents with him.

[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Tbh, I know I’m standing on the shoulders of giants here, but if you unexpectedly kidnap someone way more valuable than expected, you should always just kill them and drop the ransom request

[-] drolex@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 week ago

Pirates chuckle: "I'm in danger"

this post was submitted on 09 Sep 2024
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