In the late 90s I was in an AOL chatroom and getting on some other guy's nerves. I made some comment which he tried to make it out as a homosexual admission and seemingly wanted to show his disgust by saying "eeeeeeeeeew" except he forgot the w so it became eeeeeeeeee and in response I also typed eeeeeeeeee. A girl then joined the chatroom with a name of Shauna followed by some numbers (for example Shauna123). Wanting to interact with her before anyone else the guy quickly typed "hi" followed be the girl's username but he left out the numbers and in his rush also dropped the a at the end and mistyped the rest which came out as "Hi Sahun", to which I also typed Sahun. The guy cursed me out and I responded eeeeeeeeee. The guy became more enraged so I typed sahun again and as he went off cursing me I alternately typed sahun and eeeeeeeeee and before long everyone in the chatroom joined in and it became a group hypnotic chant of sahun-eeeeeeeeee. Seeing himself outnumbered and not wanting to join the chant, the guy left the chatroom.
At 12:00 PM on Saturday, October 28, 2023, in honor of Cyrus the Great Day, you are invited to our unveiling of a monumental statue of Cyrus the Great at the Millennium Gate dedicated to liberty, justice and peace. Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid empire, upon liberating Babylon, freed the slaves, established racial equality and rights for women, declared that all people had the right to choose their own religion and returned their various gods to their shrines. He also helped the Jews build The Second Temple. According to the Book of Isaiah, Cyrus was anointed by God as a messiah for these actions, the only non-Jewish figure to be revered in this capacity. Iranian and Jewish peoples share an ancient bond of friendship that modern Islamic fanaticism has tried (and failed) to destroy. Remembering the past is a powerful perspective for shaping the future; one where diverse peoples and cultures live together in freedom and harmony. Cyrus the Great’s decrees wer
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