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James Lucas

@JamesLucasIT

Dec 12, 2024 • 26 tweets • 6 min read • Read on X

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Art memes - a thread 🧵

1. The introvert life

2. The chair

3. There's always one, isn't there?

"The Absinthe Drinker" is a stunning 1875-76 painting by Edgar Degas, displayed in Musée d'Orsay in Paris.

4. Doctors back in the day

5. The mirror's deception

6. Nothing to see here...

7. The job interview

8. Fact check: true

9. The Christmas Letter

10. Those people

11. Who's laughing now?

12. The magic of books

13. "Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."

— Benjamin Franklin, in a letter to Jean-Baptiste Le Roy, 1789

14. Good old days

15. So true.

BTW, this is "The Snowstorm", a wonderful 1786-87 painting by Francisco Goya.

16. No eye contact, no question

17. Misunderstandings

18. Please, just a sip

19. Generic excuse

20. The heroic dose

21. "You had my curiosity, but now you have my attention"

22. The unfaithful demon

23. Ooooo

24. What kind of monster uses a phone as a phone?

25. Women...

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