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[–] Klear@lemmy.world 100 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I knew Pythagoras was smart but I never knew he invented time travel. So cool!

[–] Pronell@lemmy.world 24 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I took the opposite tack.

You ain't shit, Pythagoras! You just wrote it down, you didn't figure it out, you absolute fucking fraud. We're taking your immortality back!

[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Quick! Change all the textbooks to “clay tablet theorem”!

[–] maniii@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Why not call it the Summerian Theorem ? Or Arabic/Persian/Philistine Triangulation Theorem ?

[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

And he invented plagiarism too!

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

nah he probably stole that as well.

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Poor poor Plagiar, everything he invented people stole and took credit for.

[–] fishbone@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

The Plagiarian theorem is a real bummer.