• Krafty Kactus
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    8 months ago

    Seeing as the dachshund was bred in the 1600s, I don’t think Greek mythology would have included it. It would be like saying the trojan war might have had muskets because the Iliad doesn’t say they didn’t have them.

      • @Jerkface
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        I don’t understand how that is the most upvoted comment in the thread? Like, is that supposed to be facetious? What the fuck is wrong with Lemmy?

        • Eager Eagle
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          it reminds me of my first days here - for some reason I was rolling my eyes reading the comments of every other post, then things gradually got better.

    • @Schmuppes
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      if we’re gonna be smartasses in this comment section, the proper spelling is Dachshund. “Dachs” is German for badger, “Hund” is German for, well, dog.

    • Ricky Rigatoni
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      People who fact check jokes should have their commenting privileges removed.

  • 𝔼𝕩𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕒
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    No, but a popular internet theory has his name meaning “spotted one” and whether or not it’s actually entomologically true, is always a fun thought. To think a god of the underworld played fetch with spot, the goodest multi-headed boi

    • Flying SquidOPM
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      Every time I see a flat-faced dog, I feel bad for it. None of them can breathe properly. It’s disgusting that they keep getting bred. Let those breeds die out!

  • Sagrotan
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    138 months ago

    I thought of him more like a 3-pug-problem

  • @wabafee
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    I say Cerberus is actually a Shih tzu. Those cute looking menace will bite you without warning.

  • @x4740N
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    What about defining features in the mythos that can be traced to certain breeds accounting for avalible dog breeds at the time

    Or what is the most common visual depiction or cerberus

      • @[email protected]
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        :O Thanks so much for the link! I was only remembering Beowulf’s dog which (IIRC) was only ever referred to as a war-dog.

      • Flying SquidOPM
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        38 months ago

        My dad got the “cave canem” dog mosaic as a coaster when he visited Pompeii. He also put a “cave canem” sign above the dog house, which made most of the people walking by think his name was Cave.

        People don’t know much Latin even in college towns.

  • StrikerM
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    Cerebus is an American bully xl