• citrusfaceEnglish
    23•3 months ago

    Okay but like - let’s talk about Hyperborean Hold Em

    • @[email protected]
      19•3 months ago

      TIL Hyperborean comes from Greek mythology and were people who lived in the far northern parts of the known world. It became known to signify remote and exotic locations.

        • NielsBohronEnglish
          9•3 months ago

          I’ve only ever heard it used in pulpy adventure stories/comics like Howard’s Conan world (some of which do admittedly have some if that implicit racism common to fiction from that time). Has it become more explicitly neo-Nazi?

          • @[email protected]
            9•3 months ago

            It’s common enough that tik tok banned the hyperborea hashtag and you can find a couple 4chan threads about it at any time.

            I think actually believing in it is pretty fringe even among neo nazis though. It usually involves magic and aliens. It sometimes ties into flat earth and similar nonsense.

            You can read a bit more about it here. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esoteric_Nazism

      • citrusfaceEnglish
        9•3 months ago

        It fits the game tbh - however, pretty verbose… Balatro was the right call.

  • @[email protected]English
    14•3 months ago

    Wait, does this mean “balatro” means something?

    Edit: Google says it was ancient Roman for a professional jester or buffoon. Fitting name.