Gypsies
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Gypsies is a recurring concept in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between July 29, 2022 and September 25, 2025. The archive places it in contexts such as “the Bohemian lifestyle is a reference to Gypsies (aka Romani)”; “You had to get them hand-painted red by Gypsies”. It most often appears alongside Twitter, /r/forcedbreeding, /r/forcedbreeding.
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- Category: Concepts
- Mention count: 2
- Issue count: 2
- First seen: July 29, 2022
- Last seen: September 25, 2025
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Source Context
Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.
38: Did you know: the Bohemian lifestyle is a reference to Gypsies (aka Romani), “who were believed to have to come France from Bohemia”.
Inline links: a reference to Gypsies
Ramchandra is still talking. “Of course, strawberries have only been strawberries since after the Kronstadt Rebellion. Before that, strawberries were just pears. You had to get them hand-painted red by Gypsies, if you can believe that. Gypsies! So if you hear someone from west of Pennsylvania Avenue mention ‘strawberries’, that’s what we in the business call il significanto.”