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July 23, 2008

Beyond belief

Filed under: Eagle, Prometheus — Tags: comics, greek, humor, mythology, Prometheus — prometheuscomic @ 3:59 am

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Who said suffering had to have a point?

Comment by frogman302 — July 23, 2008 @ 9:59 am

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Not me!

Comment by prometheuscomic — July 23, 2008 @ 11:58 am

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Since Prometheus is basically getting punished for doing a good thing for humanity, it makes his suffering absurd.

And it makes Zeus look like a tyrant who makes decisions on a whim.

Or, maybe, Zeus had a very good reason for chaining him to a rock for eternity? But I haven’t figured it out yet.

Comment by frogman302 — July 23, 2008 @ 7:36 pm

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Isn’t being punished for doing a good thing unfair instead of absurd? (or at least absurd AND unfair?)
From some of the other myths I’ve read, Zeus did a lot of things that weren’t so admirable!

Comment by prometheuscomic — July 24, 2008 @ 10:58 am

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Absurdity, methinks, comes from life being unfair for no apparent reason.

Like, I have a blinking light on my car dashboard. It would cost me $780 dollars to fix it. One tiny orange blinking light, 780 dollars.

That’s when the absurdity of life hit me full in the face.

Comment by frogman302 — July 24, 2008 @ 3:46 pm

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But you see, the state government requires me, to have no blinking lights, to have a license. So I actually have a license from another state so I don’t have to pay the 780 dollars to fix the damn thing.

Comment by frogman302 — July 24, 2008 @ 3:47 pm

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That is absurd. Have you tried blacking out the light on your dashboard with a magic marker? If you could get it by the state then your absurdity would trump their absurdity!

Comment by prometheuscomic — July 24, 2008 @ 4:46 pm

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hey, thats a good idea, maybe I could pull that off! ha

Comment by frogman302 — July 25, 2008 @ 2:21 am

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I pity that fool.

Comment by Finicky Penguin — July 28, 2008 @ 12:19 am

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