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haele

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13. They are Spartans! Really big, smart, strong manly men!

Reply to Bristlecone (Reply #12)

Fri May 1, 2026, 11:19 PM

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Just like in the movie 300. The peak of manliness who prevailed against unbelievable odds - unlike those pansy Athenians and decadent Persians...

(Totally ignoring the history of the Pelloponnesan Wars, where they ended up 2 for 7 overall, if I remember, ending up being destroyed from within through slave revolts and economic collapse)

Nothing homoerotic about their group at all...

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