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m_‮f discuss.online m_f@discuss.online
Joined: 2024-12-11
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https://www.oglaf.com/theodicy/

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idiot box

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why do bad things happen to good people? Because Jar of bats.
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m_‮f Moderator m_f@discuss.online
Joined: 2024-12-11
#2 · Quote Reply

Not sure if this is what they were going for, but there's been some real thought put into how to protect future generations from problems we create that can last a long time, like nuclear waste:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_nuclear_waste_warning_messages
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cannedtuna lemmy.world cannedtuna@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-21
#3 · Quote Reply
m_‮f wrote:
Not sure if this is what they were going for, but there's been some real thought put into how to protect future generations from problems we create that can last a long time, like nuclear waste: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_nuclear_waste_warning_messages

I thought so too reading it.
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TTimo lemmy.today TTimo@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-07-01
#4 · Quote Reply

That's pretty much the Christian myth isn't it? Original sin and all that?
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m_‮f Moderator m_f@discuss.online
Joined: 2024-12-11
#5 · Quote Reply
TTimo wrote:
That's pretty much the Christian myth isn't it? Original sin and all that?

I think it's a more direct reference to Pandora's Box, but the last panel seems closer to the Christian myth.
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samus12345 sh.itjust.works samus12345@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-07-03
#6 · (edited) Quote Reply
TTimo wrote:
That's pretty much the Christian myth isn't it? Original sin and all that?

"Eat the fuckin' fruit!"
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Malgas beehaw.org Malgas@beehaw.org
Joined: 2023-06-09
#7 · Quote Reply
m_‮f wrote:
I think it's a more direct reference to Pandora's Box, but the last panel seems closer to the Christian myth.

Especially since "box" is a mistranslation that stuck. The original was a clay jar.
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Jankatarch lemmy.world Jankatarch@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-07-12
#8 · (edited) Quote Reply
m_‮f wrote:
Not sure if this is what they were going for, but there's been some real thought put into how to protect future generations from problems we create that can last a long time, like nuclear waste: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_nuclear_waste_warning_messages

Imagine that's what cavemen been doing.
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