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Hyperbor(ule)ean Hold 'em (files.catbox.moe)
submitted 1 year ago by sag@lemm.ee to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

Cross posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/35475420

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[-] passepartout@feddit.org 26 points 1 year ago

This game hits like crack mixed with slot machines.

[-] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Y'all got any more of them x3 jokers?

[-] citrusface@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Ageroth@reddthat.com 19 points 1 year 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.

[-] Imacat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 year ago

It’s also a weird neo nazi version of Atlantis. Probably best it wasn’t used.

[-] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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?

[-] Imacat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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

[-] citrusface@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Heavybell@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wait, does this mean "balatro" means something?

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

[-] bownage@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

Localthunk my beloved

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