@2piradians@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months agoIf you could Thanos snap one person, thing, or event from history...what would you choose?message-square86fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down18
arrow-up153arrow-down1message-squareIf you could Thanos snap one person, thing, or event from history...what would you choose?@2piradians@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months agomessage-square86fedilink
minus-squareCall me Lenny/LenicakelinkfedilinkEnglish12•6 months agoThere was a French explorer who “discovered” America four years before Columbus. So Columbus’ erasure wouldn’t even affect the one purpose he had.
minus-squareMister Neonlinkfedilink13•6 months agoThe acts of Christophorus Columbus directly perpetrated by him range from holocaustic to apocalyptic in scale.
minus-squareCall me Lenny/LenicakelinkfedilinkEnglish6•6 months ago Christophorus You missed the opportunity to call him Mr. Christoffelees.
minus-squareCall me Lenny/LenicakelinkfedilinkEnglish3•6 months agoOh… I thought it was a pun on phosphorus used as a jab.
There was a French explorer who “discovered” America four years before Columbus. So Columbus’ erasure wouldn’t even affect the one purpose he had.
The acts of Christophorus Columbus directly perpetrated by him range from holocaustic to apocalyptic in scale.
You missed the opportunity to call him Mr. Christoffelees.
It’s his non-anglicized name.
Oh… I thought it was a pun on phosphorus used as a jab.