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The Picard Maneuver lemmy.world The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-22
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jaybone lemmy.zip jaybone@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-02-08
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I never understood why you would name a condom brand Trojan.
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dylanTheDeveloper lemmy.world dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-09
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John Odyssey lore
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eareetator lemmy.world eareetator@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-06-15
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jaybone wrote:
I never understood why you would name a condom brand Trojan.

Holds all your soldiers inside and they conquer the kingdom if they escape?
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jaybone lemmy.zip jaybone@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-02-08
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eareetator wrote:
Holds all your soldiers inside and they conquer the kingdom if they escape?

Spoiler alert: In the story, they escape.
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napoleonsdumbcousin feddit.org napoleonsdumbcousin@feddit.org
Joined: 2024-07-22
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jaybone wrote:
I never understood why you would name a condom brand Trojan.

Homer's Troja did hold out for 10 years of siege, so you could see Troja as a symbol of durability instead of reducing the name to only the Trojan Horse.
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jaybone lemmy.zip jaybone@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-02-08
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napoleonsdumbcousin wrote:
Homer's Troja did hold out for 10 years of siege, so you could see Troja as a symbol of durability instead of reducing the name to only the Trojan Horse.

Fair enough. I haven’t gotten laid in 10 years either.
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some_kind_of_guy lemmy.world some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-07-14
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Goddamn Trojan Whores
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MajorMajormajormajor lemmy.ca MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-12
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some_kind_of_guy wrote:
Goddamn Trojan Whores

A booty that launched a thousand ships.
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MajorMajormajormajor lemmy.ca MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-12
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jaybone wrote:
Fair enough. I haven’t gotten laid in 10 years either.

Shit, someone write an epic poem about this person's inability to get laid.
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lost_faith lemmy.ca lost_faith@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2024-02-13
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jaybone wrote:
I never understood why you would name a condom brand Trojan.

If used correctly, it can hold many soldiers
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