the Latin phrase panem et circences can also be translated into modern American English as fast food and entertainment ( sports, the movies, bowling, the media, or computer games) rather than bread and circuses as in The Roman Empire
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You get kidnapped and you manage to get your hands on a phone and you call 999
Police: Hello, what’s the problem
Kidnapapee: I got kidnapped, I’m 12 years old, I’m scared
Police: ok, well send forces to your location, what’s your fathers phone number?
Kidnapee: I don’t know
Police: This guys ETS😂🤣. How is he about to become a teenager and not even know his parents phone numbers💀💀💀
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a) (direct translation from Latin): bread and circuses
b) (adj): something that exists purely f-sag with no real concrete purpose
c) political scandals and entertainment as viewed on television and read in the newspapers
b) (adj): something that exists purely f-sag with no real concrete purpose
c) political scandals and entertainment as viewed on television and read in the newspapers
The United Nations, IMHO today, at least under definition b) above is nothing more than a panem et circenses, a political circus that performs only for the media.
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