Alexander the Great supposedly ate nothing but feta cheese while he was on the roadhttps://twitter.com/rubywisp/status/1334309432411312132 …
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He kept winning, though! Maybe it was just a run of five natural 20s in a row, or maybe the hagiography got weird.
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He was a motivated drunk.
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Wait, so my mental image of him as a dopey frat boy is probably right? Nice!
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The incident that led to his death was literally him chugging a whole amphora of wine on a dare ("in honor of a similar feat performed in legend by Hercules")
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No way he wasn’t poisoned. They just wanted to go home.
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Similarly, I really wish I could remember which book blew my mind by pointing out that the epic battles of the European medieval era were essentially just gangs of drunken teens fighting.
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Yeah, Mark Twain in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court points out that old school "duels of honor" weren't any different than two local drunks squaring up going "I bet I could take you"
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I don't understand the distinction you're trying to make between genius and drunkard.
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You might enjoy the Alexander the Great episode of the Bad Gays podcast
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