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That’s fantastic and I’d use it if I thought more people would get it.

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Yeah, you’d have to explain it over and over again.

New liver, same eagles.

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I’ma use it anyway

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Okay, I’m too dumb to understand this.

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In Greek mythology, Prometheus was punished for stealing the fire from the gods by being tied to a rock and having his liver eaten by an eagle, only to have it grow back overnight to be eaten again the next day. It’s essentially a never ending cycle of punishment (though he was rescued at some point in the story IIRC).

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So OP is wary of being punished by stealing some new knowledge from the gods, just like ol’ Prometheus?

Stealing AI from the gods! OP’s liver being pecked at by robotic eagles!

EDIT: Live-streamed on Twitch!

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Gimme link

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But wouldn’t “old liver, new eagles” make more sense? Or at least the same? It’s still his liver (regrowing), and new birds feasting on it (because yesterday’s birds might be still digesting you know). Or metaphorically, there’s always new problems to make your life shit.

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New day, same problems

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Same shit, different day.

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Prometheus stole fire from the gods. As punishment, his liver will be torn out by eagles from now on.

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Those eagles must have gotten SOOO fat.

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Na those fuckers had to fly all the way from Mount Olympus over to modern day Georgia. They were tired birds and needed the calories

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Apparently there’s a Mount Olympus in Washington. Still quite a distance, but at least they avoid the commute over the Atlantic.

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Prometheus was chained in the mountains of Georgia, the country…

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But what’s your contribution to mankind?

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I keep my office chair warm

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Clever but a little pretentious

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