Cross posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/35475420
Localthunk my beloved
This game hits like crack mixed with slot machines.
Y’all got any more of them x3 jokers?
Okay but like - let’s talk about Hyperborean Hold Em
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.
It’s also a weird neo nazi version of Atlantis. Probably best it wasn’t used.
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?
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
It fits the game tbh - however, pretty verbose… Balatro was the right call.
Wait, does this mean “balatro” means something?
Edit: Google says it was ancient Roman for a professional jester or buffoon. Fitting name.
