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lindysalsagal

(20,682 posts) Mon Aug 3, 2020, 12:12 AM Aug 2020

"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here."

(Watching Hawking's Brief History of the World."

Unfortunately, there might not be a parallel universe that doesn't include the Kardashians, and Chez Whiz. They're pretty much ubiquitous.

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"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here." (Original Post) lindysalsagal Aug 2020 OP

When I read the heading Grokenstein Aug 2020 #1

Dante's Inferno... uriel1972 Aug 2020 #2

Grokenstein

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1. When I read the heading

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Mon Aug 3, 2020, 12:43 AM

Aug 2020

I figure there would be a cartoon or photoshop showing the phrase on the new plaque on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty.

uriel1972

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2. Dante's Inferno...

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Mon Aug 3, 2020, 02:39 AM

Aug 2020

The Irony is, since Satan is supposed to be the Father of Lies, the statement is a lie. There is hope and Dante finds a way to get to Purgatory and eventually Heaven.

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