cross-posted from: https://piefed.zip/post/143587
Laziness prevails
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cannot express how long the trojan horse would've sat outside my city gates before i gathered the energy to go grab it. those greeks would've starved in in there
I can admire it just fine where it’s at right now!
Nah, it’s new and shiny! I would have taken it in right away and examined it to see how it’s made. Maybe even take it apart a little bit. Or paint it.
Until it starts to get moldy and the time pressure of "enjoying the gift" sets in, it will not move an inch.
They can eat the stuff in the Chewey box sitting on my porch.
otoh, the actual Trojans fought for years before Odysseus thought up that trick.
Sounds like you'd have given up Helen before second breakfast.
“Well it’s wood, it’ll survive the elements. Besides, it’s not like I can bring it inside a building or anything so what difference does it make if it stays out there for a while longer, you know?”
Nowadays you’d get a “package delivered” sms with a photo of the Trojan Horse outside a gate you don’t recognise.
None of these delivery people ring doorbells anymore. It’ll just sit there unless I get the email with the picture of it on my doorstep.
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