Yeah probably not the mythological Prometheus.
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LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
You gotta respect the man for how much he seems to relish in being pure evil. Prometheus like the movie, about the bald dudes who created life? And the ultimate artificial lifeform as a weapon that wiped em all out in the end? That’s a masterclass in Saturday morning ass villainy this Jeff practices.
Nanook@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
phaedrus@piefed.world 2 weeks ago
He look like Dr. Evil, too, with those eyes.
At least Dr. Evil listened to his cronies and acknowledged he was out of touch with his initial low-ball demands.
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The wax model of Dr. Evil
ook@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
You… do know the name comes from Greek mythology and not that movie? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus
It is the god that stole fire from the gods and gave it to humanity. A much more favourable view on the name. Sorry, I am just really concerned that someone thinks of that movie first when hearing the name.
halfapage@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I didn’t know of the myth, can I have a billion dollars now? I promise I won’t even traumatize Bill Shatner by uncaringly shaking champagne around him with it.
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Fair play, TIL.
I figured it was something from Greek mythology (probably), but I don’t have that particular kind of special interest so I never looked into it.
ook@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Your words make my heart bleed.
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I can understand, but really, though? Why would you expect anyone to know something so niche?
Septimaeus@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
You’re good. I upvoted. People downvoting are leery of anti-intellectualism (not without good reason).
But I don’t see that in your comment. You simply didn’t know something and admitted it.
In addition, your guess that the majority who recognize the name associate it with something from pop culture rather than classical mythology is also likely be true. Those who received extra education, or who had the resources at hand to educate themselves, often forget that in most of the world education remains a privilege, whereas the right to pay for entertainment is nearly always guaranteed.
If you’d like to know more about classical myths, here is a free book I would recommend. It is also available as a free audiobook.
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Thank you! And yeah you said it well.
I might check it out at some point, but I’m not really into mythology tbh, I think the only thing remotely close to that that I’ve ever consumed is some of the videos from Overly Sarcastic Productions on YT.
I guess that’s kinda like what’s particularly astounding to me about the downvote. This is not even a matter of privilege and resources, it’s simply a matter of: Why would you expect anyone to go out of their way to look up fairly obscure greek myths, unless they were specifically into fairly obscure greek myths?
Right now I’m really into space stuff. It’s extremely unlikely that if I asked any random person, including myself from like two weeks ago, what ORB RATE and INRTL positions on the FDAI switches on Panel 13 do in the Apollo CSM that they would know what the heck I’m talking about. So I would never make that assumption. It’s just kinda baffling.
We cannot hate on people for not knowing what it is unreasonable for anyone but an enthusiast to know. That in itself is refusing to think properly, it is anti-intellectualism, plain and simple. “Ooga Grog no know thing, means Grog bad!” is an insane way to operate.