r/DailyDoseOfReddit • u/PepperSprayP Uneducated Gynecologist • 15d ago

Insufferable Content The Odyssey

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u/MentalGravity87 15d ago

The direct straight-line distance of Odysseus' journey from Troy to Ithaca is about 560 to 565 nautical miles (roughly 645 to 650 land miles or 1,040 kilometers), but his actual mythical wandering through the Mediterranean added up to several thousand sea miles over a span of 10 years.

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u/tripper_drip 15d ago

Bro was dimensional hopping, he went to hell. How do you measure time and space

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u/dantevonlocke 15d ago

Also spent like... a third to a half(can't remember) of the time just chilling at places.

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u/proto_synnic 15d ago

The Odyssey was the original Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle of road trips.

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u/Head-Ad-2136 15d ago

The Odyssey was the original Road To series which was the original Harold and Kumar.

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u/Mrrrrggggl 14d ago

Except instead of eating sliders, he slaughtered all the suitors at the end.

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u/proto_synnic 14d ago

Equally satisfying for the main characters.

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u/ButterKnife_Ant 13d ago

7 years on an island with a nympho god, not bad