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The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

You can't kill his legacy

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You can't kill his legacy

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    Caesar salad was invented in Mexico, but the basic message here remains true

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      It was an Italian immigrant, though.

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        We need one more twist to make this a truly great factoid.

        That immigrant’s name? Caesar Mario, father of the Mario Brothers of Mushroom Kingdom fame.

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          In the traditional way to cook it, it’s important to start with a chick stabbing the chicken in the back.

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        Got em … because that Italian immigrant most likely had 0.00000000000000000001% DNA relation to Julius Caesar

        He was probably also 1/32nds Cherokee too

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          The salad is 100% caesar tho

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            And that’s what matters according to the meme. The guy doesn’t matter, the idea does. Thanks for reminding us of the true spirit of the meme!

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            Wrong. 50% salad, 50% Ceaser

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          It would be way cooler to just say that he was a descendant of Julius Caesar than to say he has insert small number here amount of his dna

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    This meme explained: Cut your vegetables like you cut a Caesar.

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      Nha, you just have to gain the chicken’s trust and the stab it on the back.

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      • AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works
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        Julius Caesar was a Roman emperor who is famous for being betrayed by his council (and possibly son depending how much your read into suetonius’s 12 Caesars) and stabbed in the back by like 20 people at the same time. the salad pictured is called a Caesar salad, but it wasnt invented by Julius Caesar it’s just commonly attributed to him in meme culture as a joke.

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        The two answers here are pretty bad, so here’s my take as a history nerd.

        Gaius Julius Caesar was a highly ambitious Roman politician who through very clever political manoeuvering and incredible military success (considered a military genius) forged a path to almost complete power after winning the civil war and beating the opposing senators, spearheaded by Pompey and Cato. After becoming dictator for life, he was assassinated on the ides of March (the 15th) in 44BC by a group of opposing senators, which included his adopted son Brutus (daughter of his long time lover Cornelia). After the assassination Rome again fell into civil war, with Gaius Julius Octavianus eventually becoming the first Roman emperor, now usually known as emperor Augustus.

        Caesar was never an emperor, but the word emperor in many languages is directly based on Caesars name. For example: czar in Russian, kaiser in German and keizer in Dutch.

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  • Gork@lemm.ee
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    Ave Caesar!

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    Fun fact: the ceasar salad was invented in Tijuana in the 1920s?

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    And The salad has, in turn, killed many (romaine lettuce prone to bacteria)

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      I suspect Caesar the guy had more people killed than Caesar salads but I admit I do not have proof.

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      Fun fact: The Caesar salad was created in Mexico from what I knew.

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        Ironically, after a bunch of salad ingredients had gone bad and the head chef had to scramble for a menu, if I recall the story correctly.

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    Can’t see a Caesar and not want a Caesar

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      That’s the one with fish juice right?

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        What’d you say about my ex wife?

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    This is my Roman Empire

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    I’ve been playing Expeditions Rome and the pronunciation of the Roman names is quite interesting.

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    Yah, because salad is Latin for salted vegetables.

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    Caesar is a title not a name. Like emperor, czar, king…

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      Oh boy, you’re gonna have fun learning where the name of the tittle comes from…

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    Caesar Salad is from the 1920’s. A restauranteur and Italian immigrant named Caesar Cardini served it in Tijuana, Mexico.

    It had nothing to do with ancient Romans. Bad meme, do your homework next time.

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      I’m going to keep making ‘incorrect Caesar’ memes for your pleasure.

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        Oh okay, as long as it’s truthy enough. This one wasn’t.

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          I can’t claim credit for this one, which is brilliant BTW.

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            Brilliant? Whew that’s a low bar you’ve set for that word.

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              Well ok. But you don’t like it so no matter what positive adjectives I use you’ll object.

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                Huh? I’m not categorically opposed to memes. I just have opinions sometimes. There are plenty of others I like 🤷‍♂️

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                  How DARE you have opinions!!!

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      His rival across town was named Brutus.

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        He sounds dangerous, or at least if you’re an emperor.

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        A Brutus Salad you say? Intriguing…

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      The dichotomy of meme and reality is best characterised as “comedy”. It’s a joke, my dude.

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        Some jokes are weak AF and fall flat, my dude.

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          Hundreds of people seem to have enjoyed it.

          Are you out of touch? No, it’s everyone else who is wrong.

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            I feel like you know Ad Populum is a fallacy and now you’re just responding in bad faith.

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              Ad Populum is not a fallacy when talking about subjective things like comedy. This is not a formal debate.

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                Eh, ok agreed. Sorry, I got really bad sleep the last couple days so my sense of humor was pretty much dead. I’m doing better now. I’m not usually that much of a stiff.

                I shouldn’t have even commented. When you’ve already been awake for most of a 48+ hour period you don’t always make the best decisions…

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                  Completely understandable! Glad to hear you’re doing better :)

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      How many ages hence
      Shall this our lofty scene be acted over
      In states unborn and accents yet unknown!

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        Yea tru, thank u Shakespeare

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      I’m sure that with him being an Italian immigrant, the name Caesar has NOTHING to do with ancient Rome. Absolutely zero link there.

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