personally would not describe the myth of a man cursed to roll a rock uphill FRUITLESSLY FOR ALL ETERNITY as “a reminder that you can overcome anything” but you do you, meta ad
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Yeah, my manager put one of these up and was not happy when I informed everyone in the staff mtg that it was built by slave labor and the dead slaves were buried inside the thick wall. To my manager’s credit, he took the poster down immediately.
Sisyphus is the name of my robot vacuum. I have three dogs, two of them have two coats of hair.🤷♀️I will not overcome the hair, ever. That's a fair trade for the joy they give me. They don't know history nor myth apparently.
Toxic Boss: 'Here...'
Secretary: 'What's this?'
Toxic Boss: 'It's Secretary' Day. I bought you something.'
Secretary: 'Sisyphus?'
Toxic Boss: 'Yeah, the God of looooove, baby!'
Next item in the series is a depiction of Prometheus bound to a rock, with his liver being eaten by an eagle, and the inscription “Time heals all wounds”
I know it's not intended but the fact that the eagle in this image seems to be attacking the wrong side of Prometheus' torso for that tasty, tasty liver is sending me
They hear about doing "sysy (or sissy)" squats from Joe Rogan, or their trainers, or whomever. So the information taken in is that Sysphus is a great guy who did hard squats a long time ago, when men were men. Sigh.
Yep...and pulling up by bootstrap means something that can't be and isn't worth being done, and yet here we are using like it means doing somethings worthwhile against all odds.
I guess it could serve as a reminder that even though everything around you is going to shit and on fire, you can find aome purpose, in buying shit or something.
Dude tries to cheat death to include imprisoning Thanatos & blaming his wife for refusing funeral rites (at his request) and media illiterate peeps are like "he found solace in the grind life"
I think, even more aptly, he’s not actually cursed to roll it uphill. He does it willingly because he’s been offered immortality if he does it. The whole point of the story is that there are things you could put your whole heart and soul into and they would never work.
Haha, I saw this just a few days ago and for a moment thought I was losing my mind and maybe I had forgotten some ending of the tale where he succeeded??
I reckon all universities should have a statue of Prometheus chained to a rock having his liver eaten for eternity. There's a lesson in that, I reckon.
It’s ALSO a Steve Martin that predates Real Genius…
FOLLOWER: But Socrates, you’re the wisest man in Athens! How could you not know that the hemlock would kill you?
SOCRATES: I’m a philosopher! I do ‘what is truth,’ ‘what is beauty’ —NOT ‘WHAT IS POISONOUS!’
He sa-ed many children, was a terrible ruler who bankrupted his community, and when he was unrepentant, he received this as his punishment. You really want to wear him around your neck?
In the EU META had to offer FB users an out from their advertising.
Price was 12 euros.
Not that good when you consider that the problem is unwanted algorithm pushed content, not adverts
I don't think anyone paid 😂
Being a goldsmith’s child I had to go look at the actual ad. Yes, you can push it on the chain so great stim toy.
And it only goes as far as the clasp so it WILL fall back down the mountain. You NEVER get past that.
But great stim toy.
Nothing says more about modern life under the crushing forces of capitalism, rampant pandemics, violation of human rights and overlapping climate disasters than the reinterpretation of Sisyphus's torment as a story about resilience.
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The photo was of a section of the Great Wall of China.
I keep trying, and trying, and trying, and trying, and………………….
Secretary: 'What's this?'
Toxic Boss: 'It's Secretary' Day. I bought you something.'
Secretary:
Toxic Boss: 'Yeah, the God of looooove, baby!'
https://youtu.be/UKZbtceEC6I
PANDORA: "Click here for my latest unboxing video ..."
👏
He reminds us early bird gets the liver (as well as later & latest bird).
“This too, shall pass.”
Oedipus Rex: Love is Blind
Literally what an anchor does, but you do you, Boo.
-Hey there, rolling stone!
-Hello, motherf*¢ker!
People are morons to interpret it as anything other than what it is... a cautionary tale about rolling rocks up hill.
The dude is screwed. He has overcome nothing.
Off to spreadshirt, I‘d say :-)
What next, a 'Be yourself' pendant of Prometheus getting his liver eaten by an eagle?
OH! A romantic pendant of a swan and Leda???
Odysseus: Enjoy the journey!
(credit to Steve Martin & SNL)
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjb3a7H0fWLAxW2LEQIHUdzI5sQwqsBegQIEBAG&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DRVc8jwYexjE&usg=AOvVaw1eMfUOkjsMk_4VR86dpay0&opi=89978449
“I drank WHAT?”
FOLLOWER: But Socrates, you’re the wisest man in Athens! How could you not know that the hemlock would kill you?
SOCRATES: I’m a philosopher! I do ‘what is truth,’ ‘what is beauty’ —NOT ‘WHAT IS POISONOUS!’
if you’re always pushing a rock uphill you are always on the UPSWING
Bouldie believes in you.
EUROPA: “Don’t have a cow, man!”
Price was 12 euros.
Not that good when you consider that the problem is unwanted algorithm pushed content, not adverts
I don't think anyone paid 😂
And it only goes as far as the clasp so it WILL fall back down the mountain. You NEVER get past that.
But great stim toy.
I am a horse guy.