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		OGWhales on Sept 9, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: No laughing matter? what the Romans found funny Apparently I interpreted it differently from everyone else. I thought it meant that he couldn't father them in the sense that he was a shitty dad, not that he couldn't have kids.

george_ciobanu on Sept 9, 2021 [–]

Haha I also had a different interpretation, that his kids are very likely to die in order to support the astrologer's prediction. Too dark?

nautilius on Sept 9, 2021 | [–]

I'm pretty sure that a people that watched people hack each other to pieces for entertainment would not be impressed by what we consider 'dark'.

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