Women are from Venus, men are from... the Roman Empire?

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🗓️ 17 November 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Within a few months, the question "how often do men think about the Roman Empire?" conquered Instagram, TikTok and countless group chats — and then morphed into something else. What links this to other memes of the moment? Do all roads lead to Rome, or is something else at the root of the Roman Empire, girl math, and girl dinner?

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1:18.0	Ben, I have a question and it's just for you.
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1:27.0	Okay. How often do you think about the Roman Empire. Sorry, why not I was just thinking about something?
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