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Shiv Ramdas@nameshiv.bsky.social |
In the 6th century, a sailor threw a bottle at a whale off the coast of Constantinople. In response,the whale spent the next 50 years sinking so many ships off the Byzantine coast it was named Porphyrios after the giant who attacked Olympus & the Emperor unsuccessfully dedicated his reign against it
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Evan May
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Can you imagine being that sailor? For the rest of your life: 'Hey, aren't you the guy who-', 'Hey, where are you going with that bottle?', 'But have you tried apologizing to the whale?', 'Are you really telling me you couldn't find a bin that day?' It would never stop.
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Juice Jones
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Porphyrios:
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mike abbott
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I think this story is how I started following you on twitter too.
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Drew Melbourne
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All of this could have been prevented if the sailor also threw the whale a bottle opener.
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Angus McIntyre
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Emperor: "Aye, aye! It was that accursed purple whale that razeed me; made a poor pegging lubber of me for ever and a day! … and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn … this is what ye have shipped for, men! to chase that purple whale … till he spouts black blood and rolls fin out."
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rifka the unhinged fat activist
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really fucked over hemingway. dick move
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Alina Ashcroft
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before the War on Terror, there was the War on Whale
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Glen C
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That is some crazy sh*t. I thought I'd seen some insane road rage on the highways of Southern California.
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Jamie Gillespie
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Now we know who the Orca revere most.
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Phil
@keeptheskyblue.bsky.social
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Plot twist: the whale was a recovering alcoholic 🐳🍸
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Streaming Wasteland
@streamingwasteland.bsky.social
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Holy shit. Really? That's awesome and I want more of that story. Man, animals are wicked and I am here for it.
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Mr. ‘Teasy Weasy’ Raymond, Stylist to the Stars
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Ancient Mariner XXXXXL
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Jim Into Mystery
@jimintomystery.bsky.social
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Reading about this on Wikipedia now and I am losing my mind
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Sam, the Educational DM
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How do you the whale did it in response to the bottle? Perhaps he enjoyed it and was just trying to be playful with humans?
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Baj Mihal
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That's the best fact ever, I hope it's true, off to check that now.
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Spoonbill Reducks
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The yacht-hating orca of his time.
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Jeepmore77.bsky.social
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This a fantastic tale to tell ! thanks
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Bloody hell, in perpetuity...
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Porphyrios wanted to take out the supply of sand for glass. A+ for style, F for execution, alas, for the anti-glass component of his plan. Respect to Porphyrios.
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Jair Bolsonargasm
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And Orcas continued that fine tradition some centuries later.
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Dani⏳🦁
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Ted
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Thanks for this story.
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Robert Szasz 𓅆
@rszasz.bsky.social
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The whale just wanted more wine
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PolyChrome
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🫡🐋
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Dr. LurkHer
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It was an Orca, wasn’t it?
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Diana Passy
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Marie Brennan
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My sister's response was, "So, what you're saying is that all those orcas are history buffs."
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Shiv Ramdas
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In the end the only thing that could take out Porphyrios was his own ambition, it died after it beached itself. No doubt while heading for Rome itself to declare a new regime.
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Luman Buck
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Assholes been fucking shit up forever
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Luke Griffin
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New tattoo inspiration just dropped
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