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You had to hold it up to a candle. (startrek.website)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (2 children)

What is the pun in NERO omg

[–] [email protected] 55 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Emperor Nero is rumored to have cause the great fire of Rome in 64 AD that burned over 2/3rds of the city

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

and legend had it as he watched Rome burn, he played the fiddle

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Nero, the Roman emperor, burned Rome.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

You made me say oh my god out loud and facepalm pretty harddd…

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

ok I never thought I would need this info about CD burning but this is genuinely a cool revelation about my childhood

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Go look up the loading screen for Nero. It was a burning colosseum. Such a cool branding job.