• Ex Nummis@lemmy.world
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    3 years ago

    I have family members who refer to me as Cassandra because I regularly spout “inane nonsense” about the future which then inevitably becomes true.

    I don’t have a gift or a crystal ball. I have two eyes and (sadly) a working brain and the werewithal to study history and put one and one together.

    We aren’t geniuses by any stretch of imagination. It’s just extremely sad and painful to see almost everyone else keep going with the (just) bearable lies vs the distinctively unbearable truth.

    • HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world
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      3 years ago

      Cassandra… in Greek mythology was a Trojan priestess dedicated to the god Apollo and fated by him to utter true prophecies but never to be believed. In modern usage her name is employed as a rhetorical device to indicate a person whose accurate prophecies, generally of impending disaster, are not believed.

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