Comment on It's My Nature

casmael@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• BodilessGaze@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s a parody of en.m.wikipedia.org/…/The_Scorpion_and_the_Frog

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  • casmael@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    O7

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    • gofsckyourself@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      007

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      • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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• Contramuffin@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I always expect aesops fables to end with the explanatory post script you get in jataka tales but they never do.

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    • TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They should end in the style of the author’s notes from the fanfic My Immortal instead.

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• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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”

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  • casmael@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I see I see. I like this version much better. Aesop can suck it.

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• Phen@lemmy.eco.br ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  en.m.wikipedia.org/…/The_Scorpion_and_the_Frog

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  • casmael@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    O7

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    • KingJalopy@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What is o7? You’ve said it twice.

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      • Enkers@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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      • pennomi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It’s an old style ascii salute gesture. In the same vein as :-)

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      • flora_explora@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Was curious, so I looked it up: knowyourmeme.com/memes/o7-slang

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