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[โ€“] call_me_xale@lemmy.zip 39 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

San Francisco had an emperor.

(He even "decreed" the construction of a bridge or tunnel between San Francisco and Oakland on the other side of the bay, predicting the existence of the Bay Bridge and Transbay Tube!)

[โ€“] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 9 points 4 months ago

And the city just humored him.

[โ€“] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 months ago

Hey, that dude was in West of Loathing. Now I know he was a real dude.