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mahatmakanejeeves

(71,822 posts) Tue Jul 7, 2026, 05:16 PM Tuesday

"um, so everyone cheering on egypt in the world cup realizes how the pyramids were built right?" [View all]

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leon
‪@leyawn.bsky.social‬

um, so everyone cheering on egypt in the world cup realizes how the pyramids were built right? but i guess that's a conversation you're not ready to have
1:40 PM · Jul 7, 2026

um, so everyone cheering on egypt in the world cup realizes how the pyramids were built right? but i guess that's a conversation you're not ready to have
— leon (@leyawn.bsky.social) 2026-07-07T17:40:46.653Z

RMJ=H
‪@rmj.bsky.social‬

I refuse to be tut-tuted.
1:41 PM · Jul 7, 2026

I refuse to be tut-tuted.
— RMJ=H (@rmj.bsky.social) 2026-07-07T17:41:22.477Z

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"um, so everyone cheering on egypt in the world cup realizes how the pyramids were built right?" [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday OP

i;m not sure anyone knows how the pyramids were built rampartd Tuesday #1

Someone has way too much free time on hand ornotna Tuesday #2

Beer built the pyramids... lame54 Tuesday #3

It wasn't slave labor. It was skilled craft workers and ag workers in the off season They were paid in food and were WhiskeyGrinder Tuesday #4

And were contracted tombs for their families. Kinda big deal back then MerryBlooms Tuesday #9

Depends on which expert one consults. How does that poster niyad Tuesday #5

Everyone knows, but no one will admit, it was the aliens. nt Intractable Tuesday #6

Are we going to cancel the Pharaohs now? BannonsLiver Tuesday #7

Better not tell the Egyptians this.... Melon Tuesday #8

Yeah, nobody really does. But one way was not with slaves..... ColoringFool Tuesday #10

Enslaved African Americans were a major part of the workforce that built the White House. Martin Eden Tuesday #11

According to records found from the era when they were built... haele Tuesday #12

Aliens? Crunchy Frog Tuesday #13

So, one can't root for the Egyptian soccer team because something that happened thousands of years Raftergirl Tuesday #14

Soccer? The question in the OP is related to soccer?? SMH. niyad Tuesday #15