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"I'm bored," Zenon said. "Are we there yet?" "I told you," Odysseus growled, "to stop asking that." "Oh yeah? What are you going to do, somehow double the time we have left to go?" "Yes! Every time you ask! Just to spite you!" "Pfff. Are we there yet?"

23/7/26, 2:51 pm73 reposts310 likes

Garrett Wollman

@gwollman.bsky.social

23 July

The usual form in English is "Zeno" (no n) for some reason, unlike every other language.

Micro SF/F by O. Westin

@microsff.com

23 July

Yeah, but then people would confuse him with the philosopher Zeno, who lived much later.

Garrett Wollman

@gwollman.bsky.social

23 July

Whose name was also Ζήνων! I checked Wikipedia and apparently there were a good dozen notable Greeks by that name in antiquity, all called "Zeno" in English (and usually disambiguated as "Zeno of Place", whereas the literal translation would be "Zenon the Demonym", idk why).

sith-shenanigans

@sith-shenanigans.bsky.social

29 July

The paradox does seem applicable here.

Lev Petrovitch

@levpetrovitch.bsky.social

23 July

"Each time you ask the time to get there doubles" would be a perfect answer to the kids-in-car endless question. Or maybe not

Citizen K | Long Live The King 👑

@citizenkryptik.bsky.social

23 July

"Just admit it, we're lost." "We're not lost." "We should've been there by now." "We're *not* lost." "You sure we shouldn't have taken the right at Sparta?" "NO, we shouldn't have taken the right at Sparta, look, who's holding the magic bag of wind? Now let me sail." "....are we there yet?"