#uniposting

[pencildragons]

the singular unfortunate effect of getting really into discworld at a young age is that i formed a Certain Impression about the purpose of footnotes, and now i am entering academia and it is still my true and firm belief that the footnotes are for being funny in and NOTHING else

[hercorrupterofwords]

out of context quotes from my epigraphy prof.'s course on late antiquity

"The Colosseum is an organism that digests itself"

[pointing at a honorary inscription from the v century] "So what do you think?" [silence] "you can say it's ugly. I mean, in the I century not even a freedman would have accepted something this ugly"

"No, the Colosseum is like pork: you don't throw anything away."

[two inscriptions about the same thing done by the same guy] "Yet they are a bit different - why? That's late antiquity for you, baby"

[about a scholar who was horribly wrong] "This happens when you don't let the stone speak"

[pointing at a few inscriptions that mentioned barbarian attacks] "They simply have no shame anymore, don't they?"

"We might say that Constantine was the inventor of politically correct- well, no, actually, this would be true if Augustus hadn't come before him"

"Here's a thing that Donald Trump's political campaign, augustean propaganda and Constantine's arch have in common"

[still on Constantine. this time the hispellum rescriptum] "It took him 38 lines to actually answer and say: yeah it's cool"

"Constantine introduced himself as Rome's new founder - he had that old-fashioned problem of killing his family members - however..."

"Fashion changes. They liked inscriptions that we would have probably given back to their maker because of their ugliness. Look at this one. Yes it's whole. Yes they didn't even cut it right."

[about Colosseum's shows] "At noon there were public executions. A great background to have lunch to"

[mercutiothecat]

On the verge of crying at the bus stop hoping no well-meaning old lady asks me what's wrong because how do I explain that I'm crying because 1) I am definitely failing today's exam; 2) my period is nearing; 3) Hunyadi László was beheaded in 1457 and he had a little brother; 4) my stomach hurts because I haven't eaten but I can't eat because my stomach hurts

[alexanderpearce]

masters dissertation due tomorrow

[encryptidarchivist]

auauaugh i do not want to write this essay but ☝️ the sooner i finish it the sooner i can goof off and draw or something. hhngh. 627 words to go

[b-plot-butch]

about to watch interstellar for class. pray for me. i think i hate christopher nolan

[mcaelius]

every time i remember im at university i get freaked out. what do you mean im doing a degree. what do you mean im legally an adult . that's so scary?????????????

[starocide]

New Zohar preview images from the official UNI PR account. She's releasing summer 2026.