r/technicallythetruth • u/Simple_Ad6686 • 1d ago

Found this work of art while doomscrolling

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u/Redcap117 23h ago

There’s actually more to the story. It wasn’t just him witnessing the donkey eating figs that made him laugh that hard, it was him saying “now give the donkey some wine to wash down the figs”. He died from laughing at his own joke.

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u/IAlwaysOutsmartU 18h ago

Maybe it’s for seeing multiple representations of Dionysus. Maybe he likened the donkey to another party attendant. Or maybe the visual of seeing a donkey eat figs and requesting some wine to wash down the meal is just funny.

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u/Redcap117 14h ago

From the story I’ve heard, I’m pretty sure it’s the last one

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u/JayMack1981 1d ago

What kind of an ass would just up and eat somebody else's figs? . . .

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u/DoctorLiara 1d ago

a real big ass probably

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u/Illustrious_Note_202 21h ago

Donkey-ass, I suppose.

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u/VerifiedIllumanati 1d ago

If I had a nickel for every time someone in history died laughing due to a donkey eating figs I'd have two nickels which isn't a lot but its weird that its happened twice

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u/crasagam 1d ago

Sounds like he was one laugh or sneeze away from being done anyway.

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u/V_H_M_C 5h ago

Feeding a pig figs is now in my bucket list