Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoOne of my friends told me that there are hard times ahead and people have stopped worshiping one of the old gods.message-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1168arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up1154arrow-down1message-squareOne of my friends told me that there are hard times ahead and people have stopped worshiping one of the old gods.Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareodium@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-22 months agoI’ve stopped worshipping several of the old gods, not just one. Mwahahaha. You can’t stop me.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoDo you want to go to the field of reeds after you die or do you want your heart eaten by a crocodile? Because I’m telling you, it won’t be Aaru for you my friend. Not on that ferry.
minus-squareodium@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoIt’s fine, I’ve come to the understanding that capitalism > faith and that I can just bribe Charon with a coin instead to ferry me across. Besides, I stopped worshipping the moksha type of old gods, not the aaru kind.
minus-squareMaeve@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoThat just gets you across the Lady Styx, it doesn’t guarantee your entrance to Hades.
minus-squaresundray@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoJust like the old days of Rome – you don’t keep worshiping a god who doesn’t make it worth your while. Hey, Jupiter – what have you don for me lately?
I’ve stopped worshipping several of the old gods, not just one. Mwahahaha. You can’t stop me.
Do you want to go to the field of reeds after you die or do you want your heart eaten by a crocodile? Because I’m telling you, it won’t be Aaru for you my friend. Not on that ferry.
It’s fine, I’ve come to the understanding that capitalism > faith and that I can just bribe Charon with a coin instead to ferry me across.
Besides, I stopped worshipping the moksha type of old gods, not the aaru kind.
That just gets you across the Lady Styx, it doesn’t guarantee your entrance to Hades.
Just like the old days of Rome – you don’t keep worshiping a god who doesn’t make it worth your while. Hey, Jupiter – what have you don for me lately?