Reference to an Aesop fable. In the original version, the scorpion stings the frog and both of them drown. The moral is that some people are intrinsically harmful, even against their own self interest
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casmael@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Is there a joke here I’m missing or is this just you know, what’s written on the page
Contramuffin@lemmy.world 1 month ago
casmael@lemm.ee 1 month ago
I always expect aesops fables to end with the explanatory post script you get in jataka tales but they never do.
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 1 month ago
They should end in the style of the author’s notes from the fanfic My Immortal instead.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 month ago
There’s an old fable about the frog and the scorpion.
Paraphrasing, the scorpion asked the frog to be carried over the river, because otherwise he’d drown. The frog was reluctant, saying “but you’ll sting me”.
To which, the scorpion says, “but then I’d drown! so I won’t do that”.
Persuaded, the frog agrees. As they were crossing the scorpion stings the frog, and the frog asks, “Why would you do that? now we both die!”
and the scorpion replied, “because it’s in my nature”
casmael@lemm.ee 1 month ago
I see I see. I like this version much better. Aesop can suck it.
Phen@lemmy.eco.br 1 month ago
casmael@lemm.ee 1 month ago
O7
KingJalopy@lemm.ee 1 month ago
What is o7? You’ve said it twice.
Enkers@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
“o7” is a saluting text emoji. The ‘o’ represents a head, and the ‘7’ is a raised arm. It’s usually used in internet culture when a fictional character dies, or when one dies in a video game.
Similarly, there’s the “Press F to pay respects meme”, which appeared in a video game cut scene (Call of Duty, I think?), and was adopted into sarcastic use by the internet, so “F” and “o7” are kinda used interchangeably.
pennomi@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It’s an old style ascii salute gesture. In the same vein as
:-)
flora_explora@beehaw.org 1 month ago
Was curious, so I looked it up: knowyourmeme.com/memes/o7-slang
BodilessGaze@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
It’s a parody of en.m.wikipedia.org/…/The_Scorpion_and_the_Frog
casmael@lemm.ee 1 month ago
O7
gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 1 month ago
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Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 1 month ago
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