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littlegoblin
Nothing's changed
toxicrabbits
PSA Cuneiform was written in clay not stone, this is pottery not rock.
lavendermilk
Important: no one engraved anything, it was a slab of soft clay when text was put there. Not much effort compared to chiseling.
Cotcan
Ea is a horrible company. People need to stop buying their games and funding the horrible things they've done, and continue to do.
711isAnInsideJob
Ah, the fabled Yelp Stone
thundercactus
"Imagine how pissed off you have to be to engrave a rock." Like losing 3 hours of production to write an angry email.
happyt3hman
4,000 years from now archaeologists will discover troves of Yelp reviews and find a treasure trove of assholes
Jonesy343
I thought it was Shredded Wheat...
pdgun
Best part about Ea-Nasir is that we know where he lived, as in we've dug out his house.
thundercactus
Did they draw dicks on the walls and take a dump in his living room? Cause I feel like we owe him that much.
ImSynnical
True about ea, I got bf1 couldn't play it, requested same day refund, 7-10 days, Waited, tried opening customer service tickets, ignored
ImSynnical
Never got my refund, months later and every attempt to contact customer service is ignored so fuck them I'll boycott future services
sweetspot42
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jamontherun
Cut-my-own-throat Dribbler anyone?
lildeidei
The original yelp
Emac94
*out. Never seen that error before
scootermcgruter
Bang bang bang F bang bang bang U bang bang bang C bang bang bang...and so on
DoubleBacaCheseBurgerForACop
And I thought Yelp was a pain in the ass.
Sirsir94
Fucking EA. I miss Dawngate...
StupidIdeaMaschine
After couple of thousand years archeologists dig out some mail server and find hate mail for all EA's shity deals.
Warmblood
That's the interesting thing about today's society. We are creating a huge amount of information, but it is ephemeral. Nothing to dig up.
Warmblood
Compared to the Babylonians, we're carving very little into stone tablets for future archaeologists!
thundercactus
Some comedian noted we used to engrave information into stone to last eons, to now having the sum total of human knowledge on a device...
thundercactus
that can be destroyed with a magnet.
Cabreza
I like to think the idea back then was to write your complaints out on a rock then throw it at their head.
thundercactus
It was a simpler time...
thatgoddamncyclist
The best about records from Babylon is that they wrote in clay. Just soak it and use it again. If your house burns, it last forever.
KnockKnockWhosThereJehovahsWitness
Soak clay in... Clay?
MirielBjartskular
in water, then it softens
WhereCanYouSeeLions
Huh, I've actually seen that one. The British Museum is always interesting.
SugarSmack
I feel like 4k years from now, the aliens who inhabit the recuperating remains of our planet will have the same kind of chuckle over Trump.
PurpleSpermWhale
If you want your name to be remembered for ages, learn how to be an asshole! Also, it's a clay tablet, not a stone one
njullpointer
that's worse. that means they didn't just dig it up, they dug it, shaped it, fired it, carved it then prolly glazed it. now that's pissed.
DaMaaal
Someone burned down the Artemis temple in Ephesos, one of the seven wonders of the antique world, citing this very reason in trial.
DaMaaal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Artemis#Destruction
spudcosmic
It really works! Just look at Hitler.
IICIWH
So if you want to build a house just be an asshole and you get free bricks?
cryptonat
You, sir, are going places. Or one place... because you're building a house... or something.
IICIWH
You could also sell them, then scam people and get even more bricks.
SirReginaldDukeOfChutney
Even still. I feel like something would have to piss me off off pretty good to write a complaint note in clay.
Normalface
But if that's the only way to write you may find it necessary
PurpleSpermWhale
Yeah but think that that time writing in clay was as convenient as making a note on a piece of paper today.
Affray
I imagine back then they would just go to the guy's house and call him a thief to his face, then maybe a fight happens.
TheBreadlord
I would still have to be really goddamn pissed off to bother sending a written complaint. Shit even a text message. I don't like writing.
laonion
I have to imagine it was a *bit* more inconvenient than that. Source: I've written on clay and paper.
PurpleSpermWhale
By "as convenient" I meant it was the most convenient way at the time. Of course, you could argue that as well, but do we really have to?
PurpleSpermWhale
By "as convenient" I meant it was the most convenient way at the time. Of course, you could argue that as well, but do we really have to?
laonion
We don't have to, but you did start this thread with the clay vs tone correction, so why not?
laonion
Your analogy implies a level of ease and accessibility that wasn't there. Probably did take more anger to say "fuck him" on a tablet.
iamamitten
reminder: http://www.metafilter.com/148227/Programmed-by-N-A-S-I-R
PirateRubberDuck
If it was about money then it was written in stone. Sometimes in multiple languages.
smogswallowssuns
You can read the complaint on Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complaint_tablet_to_Ea-nasir
lazysombrero
Fascinating! Thanks for the link
MirielBjartskular
that's so great
Winterhathcome
I thought that the servant's name was Gimli for a second. (It's Gimil-san).
AtlasUnbound
Shouldn't it be on Yelp?
KuistiPanu
Thanks! Truly interesting to feel connection to people from 3000 years ago acting casual!
Peldie
That feeling is weird! Little boy Onfim from Novgorod is my favourite: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onfim
laonion
This is the cutest thing I've seen in a while. And I see a lot of cute things.
Rheios
That's the most politely worded "you're a cunt and I'll be getting what I'm owed from you and if you keep it up might have to get rough" (1)
Rheios
I have ever seen. The 'enemy territory' part is especially harrowing. I would guess that's why Ea picked there(2)
BradleyJon
Then they made him pharro
Sheepyhead
By god... EA has always been...
DemonDoc
Trump's great great greatest grandfather ever. Everyone knows him, he's a fantastic guy. Sells the best copper.
TheFonzAyy
I thought it was the very first Frosted Mini Wheat.
awkwardturtlesmakeweirdbabies
Me too!
SquiggleBerries
What the fuck is that a fucking 3x3 INTACT frosted mini wheat?!? I've heard about 1x2's and 1x3's with another stuck at the base. But this!
RuddyMysterious
Seriously though, have you tried the blueberry frosted mini wheats??!! Fucking magical
Zrkled
Definitely adding those to the shopping list!
Evilwall
Be a big enough asshole, and you'll be remembered forever.
DeusExSpockina
New life goals.
lindydanny
I can't Trump that comment.
region12sec
Ladies and gentelmen, welcome the 45th president of the united states of america!
SansAandAnguS
Haha!
temujin9
There's the setup by @Evilwall . . . and @region12sec spikes it in. The crowd goes wild!
Freebackrubs
My thoughts exactly. Like he's always said: "No publicity is bad publicity". He'd do anything to be immortalized in the history books.
PoppinLochNessHopster
So would most people.
Muttons1337
Nah, I'm good.
TimTheEnchanter01
Assuming the written word is still a thing by the time he's done...
circlebreaker
"I don't what this Com Cast was, but every single one of their supplicants hated them." -archeologist 3500 years from now
ItsJustRocketScience
Trump
RussianMoofinsStoleMyName
Hillary
CaptCraazy
So Sasha Grey just really wants to leave a great memory of her?
Jimthebutler
Lol
Notevenshittingyou
I was gonna say like Hitler... But someone already said Donald Trump and beat me to it.
marcofossil
Like GOATSE
timberrrrrrr
Something someting Kim Kardashian