I know exactly what type of person this guy is. They want to be a thought leader so bad, but they have nothing truly deep or new to offer, so they half-remember stories they read on the Internet -- and that everyone else has read too, because these guys only browse the big websites like Twitter and Reddit -- and hope that the blue check will give them the attention they crave so much.
Bonus: this was a reply to the video of that guy who goes to work and back home for lunch. Congratulations on understanding narration, blue check. You are truly a god among men.
the gods "asked" him like hey dude can you do us a solid
"hey bro i really need this rock to be, like, up there. you know what i mean?"
--hades
actually I think it was Zeus
-one of those guys that half remembers this shit and tells people about it
Everything I know about Greek mythology comes from the videogame Hades and a teenage fascination with Discordianism.
As I recall there are two versions in one Zeus is punishing him for helping prevent Zeus abducting and assaulting the daughter of a powerful spirit in another he is being punished for cheating death
Lmao what I remember was him proclaiming himself the equal of the gods and was punished for pride and because zeus is a dick
That was sorta what happened to her yea but iirc specifically boasting about her weaving, what I thought happened was sisyphus as a king comparing himself to zeus who Didn't Like That
But idk dawg it doesn't matter boulder man go brrr
The gods didn't punish people with tartarus, which is where all the endless punishments like this or Tantalus being always hungry and thirsty while floating in a pool, but the fruit overhead moves when he reaches for it and the water dips when he tries to drink, for people that did something really wrong. Sisyphus had stolen the throne of Corinth from his brother, and would kill guests, which greatly offended Zeus. He would also tell a Potomai(river spirit) where Zeus had taken his daughter Aegina, but he gave this information as a trade for a spring, which angered Zeus more than if he had just said it. Zeus wanted him dead so he would cause no more problems, but when Thanatos came to deliver his soul to the underworld, he tricked the god into entering chains. With death captured, no one could die. This angered Ares the god of War, and he went into Corinth, freed Thanatos, and killed Sisyphus. Sisyphus had one last trick to play, though. He had told his wife not to bury or cremate him, but to just throw him into the river. When he reached the court of the underworld, he asked Persephone to allow him to briefly return to punish his wife and prepare a proper burial for himself. She agreed, but once he was out he reclaimed his body and tried to keep living. Hermes dragged him directly to Tartarus, and forced him to move the stone as punishment for trying to overcome death.
The important part that everyone forgets is that Sisyphus isn't forced to push the rock.
He wasn't killed a second time, just brought to Tartarus and balancing the rock at the top of the mountain is the stipulation for leaving. Sisyphus continues out of spite and hope, and for him giving up is resigning to a real death. Rather than being cruel labor, it's a punishment playing on his nature.
Naomi Wu talks a lot and uses those show-mores. Usually important stuff.
Christ at least reference Camus if you're going to try to sound smart.
This reminds me of The Story of Sisyphus (by Albert Camus) in ancient Greek mythology. Sisyphus offended…
Honestly, the real tweet is even funnier:
In this "desperate situation", Sisyphus…
Twitter blue basically self selects for people who think they should have an op ed, i.e., people who in the times of internet think that somehow their thoughts are more better and deserve special treatment
Wow this is just like the ship of theseus, an old legend that you may have heard of
This is just like the ancient parable of the wretched egg-man who sat on a wall
This reminds me of Plato's allegory of the cave, an ancient Greek philosopher. In it, Plato describes a group of people who have lived chained to the wall of a cave all their lives, facing a blank wall...
Sisyphus is my favorite Greek myth, love the part where he punches robots and sounds like the disco elysium narrator
Let's be real. This is like 99% of us too. We're just sometimes aware enough to keep our unoriginal musings between ourselves and our evil alter egos.
