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  • Gnash3
    • we're number 1!_niko
    • Greece, bitchesGnash
    • http://e.snmc.io/lk/…Gnash
    • woohoo, another thing we invented! mankind!!! lol_niko
    • Greek is https://en.wikipedia…sonnde
    • well, not really. Greeks were already messing the Phoenician alphabet in the 8th c.BC. Punic was a Phoenician dialect that evolved around the same time.Gnash
    • but I get your point.Gnash
    • but the greeks were already speaking porto-greek, they just 'appropriated' the phoenician letter forms to illustrate their wordsGnash
    • you said something about gentrifying?sonnde
    • did I?Gnash
    • I'll let you figure that one out.sonnde
    • linguistic evolution ≠ gentrificationGnash
    • social engineering via connotative linguistics = gentrification ... you said appropriate, if greeks are so dope why not invent something ... they are childrensonnde
    • https://assets2.ello…sonnde
    • I'm not familiar with connotative linguistics - i'll look it up. I only put 'appropriated" in quotes because of the recent social memeGnash
    • greeks invented tons of stuff -- including HUMANITY! hence the initial post!Gnash
    • Ya, not sure why they riffed on Phoenician letters instead of making new. perhaps was just easier since it was already somewhat knownGnash
    • Yeah easy breezysonnde
    • I do believe that, Easy Breezy, in the anthropological term for thatGnash
    • *is theGnash
    • Don't feed the troll, there is no connection between Greeks and Punic no matter what son of ham claims. He's trying to say black people rule_niko
    • Even though carthigeans and phoneceans werent black. Then he has the audacity to question the contributions of Greeks to the world? L o fucking L_niko
    • Plus clearly the phonecean alphabet is older than the Greek but it was invented by a Greek living in phoenecia at the time :)_niko
    • and the phoenecians borrowed from the egyptians, who borrowed from someone else all the way down the line to the first people 7.2 million years ago in Greece._niko
    • so suck it, lol :)_niko
    • ehehe. /threadGnash
    • Good luck w that theory, plus we have more https://www.ted.com/…sonnde
    • You holding on to 1 of nothingsonnde
    • Caucasians are dark skin not pale, you are not original anything, Original people from Ireland? Briton? SWARTHY!sonnde
    • https://en.wikipedia… You're not even original Greek. Shove it!sonnde
    • ^ that's a romanGnash
    • Its called Greco - Roman for a reasonsonnde
    • https://assets2.ello…sonnde
    • ^ supposed to be ari and al?Gnash
    • Aristotle tutors Alexander the Great. From Animals and their Uses/Kitab na't al-hayawan wa-manafi'ihi by Aristotle, this edition by ibn Bakhtishu'sonnde
    • http://68.media.tumb… "but he was white??!!" lolsonnde
    • skin colour has nothing to do with race. unless you're a redneck in which case you think Sicilians are black._niko
    • race has nothing to do with nationality, you're the one saying 'white' ... https://siciliangodm…sonnde
    • Italy = Etruscan ... At least this lady can see it http://68.media.tumb…sonnde
    • ^^^ that's socrates, not ari.Gnash
    • didn't say it was, you're confusing images, aristotle was in the other image. keep up buddy. http://68.media.tumb…sonnde
    • point is 2 for me none for yousonnde
    • I know, I said Ari and Al before you posted. You keep dropping random shit, hard to keep up.Gnash
    • Interesting thoughGnash
    • Socrates sure was an ugly fucker, thoughGnash
    • fight tooth and nail for a crumb thats not yours https://consequenceo… = uglysonnde
    • "Interesting" I'm sure it issonnde
    • ^ not an attractive lot there, eitherGnash
    • bottom line -- humans arose out of Greece.Gnash
    • mankind not mansonnde
    • still. greece.Gnash
    • oh cause you say so? i get it eh? okee then aw geezsonnde
    • 'cause scienceGnash
    • i see where trump gets it from ... btw who actually voted for him? hmmm...sonnde
    • not sure how much you see, actually, you don't display much insight.Gnash
    • The secret (i.e., “Sacred”) religion arose from the natural and insuperable difficulty of communicating the great truths of astronomy to the ignorant ...sonnde
    • ^ The guy who wrote that, while a decent musician, was intellectually, a child. you should choose smarter influences.Gnash
    • I'm sure you were at the cool table and he was drooling somewhere, I'm sure.sonnde
    • don't be surprised that you can't see too far when your standing on the shoulders of midgetsGnash
    • you're* g'dammitGnash
    • "don't be surprised that you can't see too far when your standing on the shoulders of midgets". f'lol gnashdetritus
    • the masses ... them assessonnde
    • the moorons, the mooronsGnash
    • wrong spelling, geez get an education you beast https://en.wikipedia…)sonnde
    • Maroons were Africans who had escaped from slavery in the Americas and formed independent settlements. The term can also be applied to their descendants.sonnde
    • spelling is correct
      http://i.imgur.com/n…
      Gnash
    • oh yeah, i forgot grunts and squeaks, okey dokey!sonnde

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