PugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agoOne needn't imagine Sisyphus...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1270arrow-down14
arrow-up1266arrow-down1imageOne needn't imagine Sisyphus...lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squareZoboomafoo@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·13 hours agoNever has been. There is meaning in the endless toil, one can find peace in knowing that the boulder will never reach the top. Let go of expecting a reward for reaching the top, and appreciate the rewards in pushing the boulder.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agoWhat happens to Sisyphus if he just… Let the boulder roll all the way down?
minus-squareMelodiousFunk@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-28 hours agoThen one must imagine Sisyphus lazy. Repetitive toil in exchange for the right to exist is simply the natural order.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agoNo I mean, like, in the actual story. lol
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-27 hours agoHermes: “Shouldn’t he have a more severe punishment for not performing his punishment?” Hades: “What am I supposed to punish him with? A second boulder he won’t push?” (Also to complete the image: These are the versions from the Disney Hercules)
minus-squareQuadhammer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-210 hours agoHow about we push the boulder onto a ridge and have some pina coladas for a bit several years Edit: Maybe we just leave the boulder there and invent something to carry it up
minus-squareMelodiousFunk@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 hours agoBut then we forego the peace achieved by appreciating the rewards inherent to making boulder go up.
Never has been.
There is meaning in the endless toil, one can find peace in knowing that the boulder will never reach the top. Let go of expecting a reward for reaching the top, and appreciate the rewards in pushing the boulder.
Boulder must go up.
What happens to Sisyphus if he just… Let the boulder roll all the way down?
Then one must imagine Sisyphus lazy. Repetitive toil in exchange for the right to exist is simply the natural order.
No I mean, like, in the actual story. lol
Hades only knows.
Hermes: “Shouldn’t he have a more severe punishment for not performing his punishment?”
Hades: “What am I supposed to punish him with? A second boulder he won’t push?”
(Also to complete the image: These are the versions from the Disney Hercules)
How about we push the boulder onto a ridge and have some pina coladas for
a bitseveral yearsEdit: Maybe we just leave the boulder there and invent something to carry it up
But then we forego the peace achieved by appreciating the rewards inherent to making boulder go up.