mirrorbird (23:57:19)
in the old stories "persia" is always a place. where is persia now daddy? well it's -- iran -- maybe -- hmmmmm

mirrorbird (23:56:50)
OC: as pure "western concept of the east" i remember growing up with a ton of stories (bowdlerised Arabian Nights etc, do you remember the one where all the fishes were different colours by religion, ouch)

mirrorbird (23:54:44)
well i'm too sleepy and shitty to do politics now. it's on the list.

mirrorbird (23:53:03)
you are MTB? yes?

mirrorbird (23:52:31)
i thought -- we better check some modern spellings for that one lol

mirrorbird (23:52:18)
something that might make you laugh or cry -- i did a bunch of conversion work on old dictionary definitions (Wikipedia / Wiktionary) and the 1900s-era dict had an entry like "YEZIDI, a mysterious race that worships skulls"

Oldchap (23:52:11)
YouTube Link

mirrorbird (23:51:04)
cause i had heard of them (before you) buit never in the news. and i remember specifically you were involved with yezidi (i spell it differently every time, it foils the AI)

mirrorbird (23:50:24)
yeah that's what stuck with me

Oldchap (23:50:11)
I also taught a class on the Yazidi Genocide

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