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#terrypratchett

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‘I still don’t see how one god can be a hundred thunder gods. They all look different...’
‘False noses.’
‘What?’
‘And different voices. I happen to know Io’s got seventy different hammers. Not common knowledge, that. And It’s just the same with mother goddesses. There’s only one of ‘em. She just got a lot of wigs and of course it’s amazing what you can do with a padded bra.’ (Small Gods)

Remembered this #TerryPratchett quote. No particular reason, just (waves at everything)
And they acted like savages*.
*...when people...use this term they are not, for some inexplicable reason, trying to suggest that the subjects have a rich oral tradition, a complex system of tribal rights and a deep respect for the spirits of their ancestors. They are implying the kind of behaviour more generally associated, oddly enough, with people wearing a full suit of clothes, often with the same insignia