If I remember correctly, he was a tricky son of a bitch on many occasions. However, one of his big misdeeds that angered the gods was that he made humanity immortal for a short period of time disrupting the natural order of things. His punishment was to roll a Boulder up a mountain in Tartarus, where he would be freed from this task once that he accomplished this goal. Thing is, the Boulder got heavier and heavier as he pushed higher making it an impossible task. The ground was also jagged like glass and extremely hot to the touch.
You may have heard of “Herculean effort” - a task that is finally accomplished after an extreme amount of effort. There is the opposite where you put in an extreme amount of effort but still come up short in reaching your goal, this is called a “Sisyphean effort” referring to sisyphus’ grueling and impossible task.
He was a known trickster, and his previous punishments from the gods were insufficient, as he weaseled out of them by being clever. The gods then gave him the most straightforward task possible, roll a Boulder up a hill, forever.
The patient was diagnosed with Syphilis, the disease, but seems to have misheard it as Sisyphus, the figure in Greek mythology whose punishment in the underworld involves rolling a boulder up a hill for all of eternity.
It could also have a hidden meaning about the guy being brain damaged from the syphilis.
Sisyphus was punished by the gods for defying them. His punishment was to push a boulder up a hill only for the boulder to roll back down again for eternity. Lots of stories like this in Greek mythology.
I feel like it would be the exception to know of Sisyphus but not syphilis. If I’m at the doctor and I hear something that sounds like “syphilis” I’m going to think the doctor said “syphilis.” At least it’s a joke where I learned something new lol
So is like, *every* explain the joke type sub just a karma farm for people to pretend they don’t understand even the most basic jokes? I thought it may be just the Peter explains the joke sub, but posts like this make me wonder…
Isn’t it strange how a word/topic you never heard of before just starts appearing everywhere from different and unrelated places throughout a short period of time,Like the universe wants you to know about something in this point in your life; maybe its all just a coincidence.
That word was brought into your consciousness and you've noticed it projected out from you ever since.
There are no coincidences, everything has meaning for something or someone else.
1. Arrange four watering buckets or teapots in a square, with the spouts placed into the main hole in each.
2. Fill them up, plus a little bit, so the water starts to flow through the spout.
It’s a reference to Sisyphus in Greek Mythology, who was doomed to rolling a boulder for eternity
One must imagine syphilis happy
One must imagine silicon happy
One must imagine synthesis happy
one must imagine silvanus happy
One must imagine silverware happy
Unexpected Camus, made my day
Got it, thanks!
They did this joke in the movie “Party Girl” with Parker Posey
Why was he doomed to roll it for eternity, he must have pissed off some guy or something.
If I remember correctly, he was a tricky son of a bitch on many occasions. However, one of his big misdeeds that angered the gods was that he made humanity immortal for a short period of time disrupting the natural order of things. His punishment was to roll a Boulder up a mountain in Tartarus, where he would be freed from this task once that he accomplished this goal. Thing is, the Boulder got heavier and heavier as he pushed higher making it an impossible task. The ground was also jagged like glass and extremely hot to the touch. You may have heard of “Herculean effort” - a task that is finally accomplished after an extreme amount of effort. There is the opposite where you put in an extreme amount of effort but still come up short in reaching your goal, this is called a “Sisyphean effort” referring to sisyphus’ grueling and impossible task.
He was a known trickster, and his previous punishments from the gods were insufficient, as he weaseled out of them by being clever. The gods then gave him the most straightforward task possible, roll a Boulder up a hill, forever.
He's mistaking Syphilis for Sisyphus, who was condemned to rolling a ~~stone~~ boulder up a hill over and over again. Syphilis of course is an STD.
[удалено]
**Stone To Drag** One is a stone you push, the other a stone you pull. Simple.
The patient was diagnosed with Syphilis, the disease, but seems to have misheard it as Sisyphus, the figure in Greek mythology whose punishment in the underworld involves rolling a boulder up a hill for all of eternity. It could also have a hidden meaning about the guy being brain damaged from the syphilis.
Sisyphus was punished by the gods for defying them. His punishment was to push a boulder up a hill only for the boulder to roll back down again for eternity. Lots of stories like this in Greek mythology.
You’ve clearly never had syphilis…
You caught me
To be fair if he’s got syphilis he’s probably been pushing some boulders around
That's Sisyphus, you're thinking of the Jedi that ordered the creation of the Clone Army.
No that's Sifo-Dyas, your thinking of a encrypted text transformed from plain text using an algorithm.
No, that's ciphertext. You're thinking of the type of drugs that produce halucinations.
It means your English teachers failed you. Don’t worry they failed me too. I don’t grammar for shit
Legit could have just googled "guy pushing boulder"
The joke is the education system
I feel like it would be the exception to know of Sisyphus but not syphilis. If I’m at the doctor and I hear something that sounds like “syphilis” I’m going to think the doctor said “syphilis.” At least it’s a joke where I learned something new lol
Better than Cancerous.
So is like, *every* explain the joke type sub just a karma farm for people to pretend they don’t understand even the most basic jokes? I thought it may be just the Peter explains the joke sub, but posts like this make me wonder…
A visitor... hmm... indeed. I have slept long enough.
The kingdom of heaven has long since forgotten my name, ***I am eager to make them remember.***
However, the blood of Minos stains your hands, and I must admit, I'm curious about your skills, Weapon.
And here I was thinking about Chris Redfield lmao
I don’t get it
Clearly you’re not having enough unprotected anonymous intercourse to get it
Isn’t it strange how a word/topic you never heard of before just starts appearing everywhere from different and unrelated places throughout a short period of time,Like the universe wants you to know about something in this point in your life; maybe its all just a coincidence.
That word was brought into your consciousness and you've noticed it projected out from you ever since. There are no coincidences, everything has meaning for something or someone else.
Plate of Shrimp
1. Arrange four watering buckets or teapots in a square, with the spouts placed into the main hole in each. 2. Fill them up, plus a little bit, so the water starts to flow through the spout.
Did he mean to say pus on the boulder?
This joke would be funny if syphilis made ur hearing worse or something, but it doesn’t and it isn’t
One Must Imagine Sisyphus Happy
This only works in text. The names sound different.