Deceptichum@quokk.auM to PhilosophyMemes@quokk.auEnglish · 6 days agodiogenesquokk.auimagemessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1139arrow-down10 cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1139arrow-down1imagediogenesquokk.auDeceptichum@quokk.auM to PhilosophyMemes@quokk.auEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square57fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareRestaldt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·6 days ago“Were I not Alexander the great I would wish to be you Diogenes” “I would wish to be me too”
minus-squareSharkticon@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up9·6 days agoNot exactly. It’s based on a quote from plutarch’s history. Almost certainly apocryphal.
minus-squareCuddlyCassowary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoNow I know where Meghan Trainor gets her lyrics from.
minus-squarebarooboodoo@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days ago“’Cause I got that boom boom that all the boys chase And all the right junk in all the right places” -Diogenes 370 BC
“Were I not Alexander the great I would wish to be you Diogenes”
“I would wish to be me too”
Is this a real quote?
Not exactly. It’s based on a quote from plutarch’s history. Almost certainly apocryphal.
Now I know where Meghan Trainor gets her lyrics from.
“’Cause I got that boom boom that all the boys chase And all the right junk in all the right places” -Diogenes 370 BC