• Faresh@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    If we cut out the context of that anecdote we get something resembling those weird recovered Sumerian jokes.

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      11 months ago

      For anyone else wanting to know more about 3000+ year old humor, please check out Irving Finkel on YouTube. He’s hilarious, intelligent, spunky and keeps his talks interesting. I can kill an hour listening to him before I realize it.

      One example: https://youtu.be/hDA6oIiQS4E