Okay, I’m too dumb to understand this.
Prometheus
Submitted 5 months ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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art@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Hubi@lemmy.world 5 months ago
In Greek mythology, Prometheus was punished for stealing the fire from the gods by being tied to a rock and having his liver eaten by an eagle, only to have it grow back overnight to be eaten again the next day. It’s essentially a never ending cycle of punishment (though he was rescued at some point in the story IIRC).
niktemadur@lemmy.world 5 months ago
So OP is wary of being punished by stealing some new knowledge from the gods, just like ol’ Prometheus?
volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee 5 months ago
But wouldn’t “old liver, new eagles” make more sense? Or at least the same? It’s still his liver (regrowing), and new birds feasting on it (because yesterday’s birds might be still digesting you know). Or metaphorically, there’s always new problems to make your life shit.
wieson@lemmy.world 5 months ago
New day, same problems
jaybone@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Same shit, different day.
explodicle@local106.com 5 months ago
Prometheus stole fire from the gods. As punishment, his liver will be torn out by eagles from now on.
Slovene@feddit.nl 5 months ago
Those eagles must have gotten SOOO fat.
Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Na those fuckers had to fly all the way from Mount Olympus over to modern day Georgia. They were tired birds and needed the calories
OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Apparently there’s a Mount Olympus in Washington. Still quite a distance, but at least they avoid the commute over the Atlantic.
MagnyusG@lemmy.world 5 months ago
But what’s your contribution to mankind?
GoTeamBoobies@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I keep my office chair warm
LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Clever but a little pretentious
bruhduh@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Username checks out
Ganbat@lemmyonline.com 5 months ago
I spent so long trying to figure this out because for some reason I was remembering Prometheus having his eyes eaten by birds.
21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 5 months ago
That’s fantastic and I’d use it if I thought more people would get it.
OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Yeah, you’d have to explain it over and over again.
New liver, same eagles.
Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
I’ma use it anyway