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How did each of the gods die, and what did we get from them? (lemmy.world)

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I have this mental fanfiction that every god has a way to be killed, and when you kill them you can get things from them.

For instance, the one that I refer to the most often is Ben Franklin using a kite and a key to slay Zeus and to steal electricity from him.

And then of course there's Prometheus who intentionally and willfully laid down his own life so that humanity could have fire.

But there are more gods than there are words to describe them.

What other gods have we claimed existed, that we humans have likely slain, and what do you think we got from them?

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[-] [email protected] 15 points 23 hours ago

I have a downvote follower, pay no attention to that. Sometimes it gets really bad, which makes me laugh because they have to do a lot of work to do that. I'm not sure who they think they're hurting by having to possibly log out and log in with numerous alts. It's a slow downvoting. Occasionally people really are downvoting me, which is fine too. The points really don't matter.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago

Considering you moderate a political community I'm shocked you only have 1 downvote follower

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

It ticks up depending on the timing and comment. The downvotes come in slow enough to be no more than 3ish. This place is so small that you can really tell their patterns.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

Also they're not artificially fucked with like they are on reddit specifically to prevent you from noticing patterns

[-] [email protected] 10 points 23 hours ago

Oh thank god, it’s just singular fixation, not aspirational deadening of curiosity. I thought it might have been the mention of Wikipedia, which also tends to draw downvotes. I’m sorry you have to deal with that

[-] [email protected] 11 points 23 hours ago

I’m sorry you have to deal with that

Thanks, but it really is no big deal. I'm in a lot of the politics spaces, so it's expected there.

I will say to anyone reading this, to upvote comments as much as you think you can. Some new people really do care about upvotes and downvotes. It's a better vibe too if the authentic people are getting upvoted.

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