Health Update
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Four weeks ago today, I was hit by a truck while crossing the street in Healdsburg, CA. I was hospitalized for a week in Santa Rosa with 9 rib fractures, a broken wrist and facial bone fractures. I…
  • Hugucinogens@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    58·
    4 months ago

    “Prodromou” is a Greek surname, with the rough meaning “the one who walks the road before others”.

    So him being “a visionary” is fun, lol

    • cabbage@piefed.social
      591·
      4 months ago

      If that’s the literal translation it’s also a bit ironic that he was hit by a truck.

      • Hugucinogens@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        15·
        4 months ago

        … Yeah it is 🫠🥲

        In literal terms it translates to “before-the-road” (pro - drómou)

        (this literal translation includes the ambiguity of before- as in ‘temporally before’, or before- as in ‘in front of’)

        So any way you slice it, it’s pretty ironic.