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I'm mad about the story of Pygmalion. It's essentially a shitty dude getting rewarded by a goddess for building a sexbot, and this reward involves giving consciousness to the literal object he made. /🧵
Screenshot of the Wikipedia article about Pygmalion of Greek mythology. "According to Ovid, when Pygmalion saw the Propoetides of Cypress practicing prostitution, he began "detesting the faults beyond measure which nature has given to women". He determined to remain celibate and to occupy himself with sculpting. He made a sculpture of a woman that he found so perfect he fell in love with it. Pygmalion kisses and fondles the sculpture, brings it various gifts, and creates a sumptuous bed for it. In time, Aphrodite's festival day came and Pygmalion made offerings at the altar of Aphrodite. There, too afraid to admit his desire, he quietly wished for a bride who would be "the living likeness of my ivory girl". When he returned home, he kissed his ivory statue, and found that its lips felt warm. He kissed it again, and found that the ivory had lost its hardness. Aphrodite had granted Pygmalion's wish. Pygmalion married the ivory sculpture, which changed to a woman under Aphrodite's blessing. In Ovid's narrative, they had a daughter, Paphos, from whom is derived the name of the city. In some versions, Paphos was a son, and they also had a daughter, Metharme."
January 12, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Of all the stupid, little things that annoy me, but have no real impact on my life, it's spelling the word "drawer" (as in, chest of) as "draw" (as in, what artists do) that annoys me the most, for some reason. I hate that it annoys me so much 😭
A list of categories on the Kmart Australia website that includes the line "kitchen draw organisers" with the word "draw" circled in red.
December 22, 2024 at 7:14 AM
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The West Coast Council asked for this. Source: www.westcoast.tas.gov.au/council/coun...
December 15, 2024 at 6:26 PM
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The West Coast Council asked for this. Source: www.westcoast.tas.gov.au/council/coun...
Letter from West Coast Mayor to PM. Found on page 95 of the West Coast Council Meeting Agenda for the December 2024 Council Meeting, linked.
December 15, 2024 at 6:20 PM