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[-] 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 35 points 10 months ago

That's fantastic and I'd use it if I thought more people would get it.

[-] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 31 points 10 months ago

Yeah, you'd have to explain it over and over again.

New liver, same eagles.

[-] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

I'ma use it anyway

[-] art@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago

Okay, I'm too dumb to understand this.

[-] Hubi@lemmy.world 48 points 10 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 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

So OP is wary of being punished by stealing some new knowledge from the gods, just like ol' Prometheus?

Stealing AI from the gods! OP's liver being pecked at by robotic eagles!

EDIT: Live-streamed on Twitch!

[-] MashedTech@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago
[-] volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee 2 points 10 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 11 points 10 months ago
[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Same shit, different day.

[-] explodicle@local106.com 3 points 10 months ago

Prometheus stole fire from the gods. As punishment, his liver will be torn out by eagles from now on.

[-] Slovene@feddit.nl 13 points 10 months ago

Those eagles must have gotten SOOO fat.

[-] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 20 points 10 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 11 points 10 months ago

Apparently there's a Mount Olympus in Washington. Still quite a distance, but at least they avoid the commute over the Atlantic.

[-] DeepFriedDresden@kbin.social 23 points 10 months ago

Prometheus was chained in the mountains of Georgia, the country...

[-] EpeeGnome@lemmy.fmhy.net 18 points 10 months ago

If we can use the wrong Mt Olympus, we can use the wrong Georgia.

[-] MagnyusG@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

But what's your contribution to mankind?

[-] GoTeamBoobies@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I keep my office chair warm

[-] LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago

Clever but a little pretentious

[-] Ganbat@lemmyonline.com 4 points 10 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.

[-] bruhduh@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

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