I know this is a joke/meme, but I sincerely think of the Roman Empire a surprising amount of times. I find myself obsessing over how Roman citizens were living just as complex lives as we are today, or about Marcus Aurelius’ life and philosophy, or about how the Republic fell and became a totalitarian state.
Barely at all before this whole “How often do you think a out the Roman Empire” thing popped up
But there is some context that I more often think about that is related.
First: You are now aware of the position of your togue in your mouth.
Diagonies is one that comes up at least once every couple weeks at work, this usually leads to Rome.
Second: You are now manually breathing.
Basically ancient philosophers is a topic that comes up a lot with some of my friends, so Rome comes up in relation to it.
Third: Don’t think of a pink elephant
But in general I’d say before this whole thing it was basically at most once a month.