[–] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 child)

mocked=imitated. So the skill of the sculptors hand that was able to capture the emotions (passions) that came from Ozymandias' heart where those emotions truely lived. They were part of his core being, not an act or a face he had to put on to be able to rule.

It's saying the sculptor was exceptionally skilled and was able to capture the very essence of Ozymandias' being.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago* (7 children)

    I met a traveller from an antique land

    Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone

    Stand in the desart. Near them, on the sand,

    Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,

    And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,

    Tell that its sculptor well those passions read

    Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,

    The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed:

    And on the pedestal these words appear:

    "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:

    Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"

    Nothing beside remains. Round the decay

    Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare

    The lone and level sands stretch far away.

    - Percy Shelley, "Ozymandias"

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    How? Press button... Cross before walk signal. Make everyone else wait. How is that cool? If you're just going to cross anyway, don't press the button.

    I don't understand the down votes. Seriously. What am I missing. What makes the button presser a hero to make everyone else pause for them, when they aren't even there anymore?

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  • [+] -9 points 2 months ago* (6 children)

    Theres a special place in hell for people that push the button and then decide to cross before they get the walk signal, and force all lanes to wait for no one to cross

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