his joke but less

I once met Kat Boarding in real life, she was really nice

oh, doy! blinded by the numbers, fixed now

Let me know if you spot any more goofs

35,863,120 sesterces = (times by 2) 71,726,240 loafs of bread = (divide by 3) 23,908,746 USD

Isn’t that right?

From the wiki link above:

… soldiers of the Rhine army who rose against Tiberius… demanded to be paid a denarius a day, and they got it.[3]

One Sistertius is worth 1/4 of a Denarius, and 1/2 a Sisterius can buy a loaf of bread.

So 1 Denarius a day = 4 Sisterius = 8 loaves of bread a day

If we assume 3 USD is the price of a loaf of bread now, then these soldiers were being paid 24 dollars a day. Seems pretty low, but I guess bread was maybe more expensive back then?

Soldiers now make around 60 USD a day (random googling), so we’re dealing with a factor of 3 error which doesn’t seem so bad

Where did that 15 billion number come from?

Diocles’ lifetime winnings, as recorded in Roman inscription CIL 6.10048, totalled 35,863,120 sesterces (HS) over a working life of 24 years. From this, he would have been paid an unknown sum by his management team, or his owners; his status as slave or free is not certain, nor is the likely amount of his total share.

• Plugging that into this website: https://testamentpress.com/ancient-money-calculator.html, gives ~ 390 million USD

• Reading this stack exchange post, gives ~ 60 million USD

• Reading the wiki page on Sesterius “A loaf of bread cost roughly half a sestertius”, where bread now costs about 3 USD, so that’s ~ 215 million USD

Still a lot obviously, but where did that factor of 10-100 come from?

is 9anime not good?

I saw this meme a few days ago… I think I have a new account to block

This is the funniest thing I’ve seen

*retches*

Other than the taint shavings, that actually sounds like it could be good, albeit very crunchy

heat itself being the average kinetic energy of said vibrating molecules makes the heat part of that sentence redundant. Now make me a sandwich

“I want this job because employmesayswhat”

I see you’ve played knifey-spooney before

This was a weird anime for me. I couldn’t eat noodles when watching it

I’m gonna need more info

This is really cool

or perhaps “the feathered rat takes refuge in high and low literature alike”

I went to Wales recently (rains often there), and I noticed that the forest undergrowth was so green with what was likely different types of moss. It really did feel quite special