r/Angryupvote • u/Interesting_Tale • 13d ago

Angry upvote Kek

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u/sarma55 13d ago

genuine question: why does casting a trans actor make sense?

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u/SosseV 13d ago

Achilles is described as a very beautiful, feminine man. His mother didn't want him to go to war, because of a prophecy that said he wouldn't return, so hid him in a temple among women and Odysseus, who was charged with recruiting him, needed a ruse to find him, because he was not able to recognise him amongst them.

Also, he only decided to go back to war when his lover Patroclos was killed by Hector, after refusing to fight anymore because of a conflict with king Agamemnon.

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u/Mad_Kronos 13d ago

Who the fuck is upvoting this nonsense?

Feminine man?

There's no way you have read the Iliad. Achilles was hidden as a teen in the temple,not as a grown man.

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u/hpwriterkyle 13d ago

This is Reddit, where media literacy is nonexistent.

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u/gatorsfan5192 13d ago

Reddit and common sense, not so common here.

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u/thisguy_right_here 13d ago

The average redditor is left, the more time spent on reddit the more likely to be radicalised to the far left. They do it for the upvotes and awards.

That's how they get their dopamine.

The right however, go to 4chan and other forums, where racist and offensive memes are in abundance and can be posted and people can argue.

Reddit is an echo chamber for the left and far left.

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u/gatorsfan5192 13d ago

I've been here since /u/spez moderated /r/jailbait

This isn't news to me.