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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago

Priapus over here like

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Asclepius had his healing rod with the snake around it, Hermes had a rod with two snakes around it, Zeus had his lightning rod and Eros just had a bow.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I thought Zeus was holding lightning. I can't see a rod and it isn't mentioned anywhere.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

All of the above?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bro is named Assclapius, who else would it be

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Zeus used his to create more Gods though

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Asclepius, of course. He had a staff with snakes intertwining all around that bitch.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Well, just one. The rod with two snakes is the caduceus.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And this is why Netflix cancelled Kaos.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Aw man, this is how I found out. It was so fucking good.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

if it was so fucking good, you didn't need to find out. you know it was going to happen

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Yeah, after the first episode I told my wife it was a shame it would get cancelled.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Such a shame, I wanted to see more Zeus

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Damn, a distressing number of people in this thread don't seem to have gotten the joke.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

I mean he used it a fair bit tbf

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago