• hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    13 hours ago

    Because he is, real or not, a very important and influential cultural figure and has been a very large and dominant part of Western culture since late antiquity, and billions of people believe him to be real, unlike Draco Malfoy who has only been around for a few decades and hasn’t caused a massive political, economical, cultural, linguistic, and religious impact across continents.

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      12 hours ago

      Me:

      I will never understand why people talk of what’s akin to a Harry Potter character as if it was a real person.

      You:

      Because he is, real or not,

      So he is even if he isn’t?

      You make zero sense.

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          4 hours ago

          Wow that’s a weird way to phrase that, “because he is” looks like you claim he is real in the context of me stating there is no evidence for it.

          A way clearer way to say the same would be:
          Real or not, he is a very important person.

          The way you put it is very confusing.