New day, same problems
Comment on Prometheus
art@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Okay, I’m too dumb to understand this.
explodicle@local106.com 9 months ago
Prometheus stole fire from the gods. As punishment, his liver will be torn out by eagles from now on.
Hubi@lemmy.world 9 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 8 months ago
So OP is wary of being punished by stealing some new knowledge from the gods, just like ol’ Prometheus?
MashedTech@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Gimme link
volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee 8 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.