c/historymemes · by Auster@thebrainbin.org · 13dJust my luck, Lucius Crossposted from https://slrpnk.net/post/41109421 211 points · 6 comments · view on lemmy.world
6 Comments
BoneheadBruin@pawb.social · 41 pts · 13d
Scientists ruined the fun by finding the real truth: He died of asphyxiation. Then he got hit by the rock.
thefluffiest@feddit.nl · 9 pts · 13d
.. and fuck you in particular
Auster@thebrainbin.org · 7 pts · 13d
That sounds even worse imo, like Vulcanus wanting to make a little trolling against the poor fellow's legacy. 😬
papalonian@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 13d
Fr, the only thing worse/ goofier than dying, then getting crushed by a big boulder, would be dying, getting crushed by a boulder, and then a boulder much larger than the first one comes along and crushes the other boulder too.
ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world · 3 pts · 12d
I can see this in my head. You should write for looney toons.
Johandea@feddit.nu · 11 pts · 13d
It has since been shown he died from asphyxiation, like most victims of that eruption.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/headless-pompeii-skull-archaeology-science