[axiomdata316]

Lol. You would only see this comment on Hacker News. Reminds me of an old comic I read on how mathematicians memorize their locker numbers. "1975? Oh that's easy. It's just the square root of 3,900,625!"

[sebastiennight]

Ever since I've heard of the meme that "modern men can't spend 24 hours without thinking of the Roman Empire", I haven't been able to escape it, even on days where my only contact with the outside world is HN.

I guess it's like a curse, once you've heard about it you're doomed.

And for anyone finding out about it just now, alea jacta est

[frollogaston]

There used to be some SF Italian restaurant that showed first if you Googled "SPQR." Their SEO was stronger than Rome. I don't even live near there.

I think this meme has bumped the real SPQR back to the top.

[sverhagen]

I need an faq or something then, to figure out what's wrong with me for never thinking of the Roman Empire. Except now then.

[sd9]

I just lost the game

[michaelsshaw]

Join the club of people who acknowledge that there's much more interesting history than that, and you'll suddenly forget all about Rome.

[thecupisblue]

It's so funny to see this be a worldwide phenomenon. As someone who grew up playing in the ruins of Roman temples & villas and was obsessed with it as a child, it almost feels like people are talking about "some other Rome".

[kruffalon]

Thank you for reminding me, this is so fun to have bobbing around in the back of your mind! :D

[pdpi]

For this particular one, you could easily see that comment on any community with a sufficient number of Asterix fans. Banners and standards with "SPQR" written somewhere were common enough that they should produce a Pavlovian reaction.

[mananaysiempre]

Or any community large enough to have people who have, y’know, visited Rome IRL?

[whimsicalism]

spqr is a well-known phrase

[folgoris]

It's something collectively known as INRI or CCCP.