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[-] Frank@hexbear.net 86 points 2 years ago

If someone gave Ben Franklin a Keffiyeh he'd wear the thing around, incorrectly, for the next year. But blah blah blah desecration

[-] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 88 points 2 years ago

He would 1000% use it to pick up women claiming he was a world traveler who has seen exotic sights (and wants to see one more exotic sight nudge nudge wink wink)

[-] Frank@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

The way we remember Ben Franklin is basically just Danny Devito but slightly hornier.

[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 81 points 2 years ago

He seems like he'd be pulling off those Trudeau publicity stunts constantly. You may not like it but this is what a modern Ben Franklin would be like:

[-] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 45 points 2 years ago

Franklin would be out there claiming to be an "octoroon" to nail more French dilletantes

[-] MarmaladeMermaid@lemm.ee 29 points 2 years ago

Not enough publicity tears 😢

[-] ComradeChairmanKGB@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 2 years ago

Another photo of him doing whiteface smdh.

[-] CthulhusIntern@hexbear.net 31 points 2 years ago

Didn't Ben Franklin learn Arabic through his own copy of the Quran, or am I thinking of a different guy?

[-] CTHlurker@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago

Think that was Jefferson. Supposedly he was big into studying religions, and I seem to remember the first Muslim in Congress being sworn in on the same Quran.