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Ishbit · 4d
I have a lot of sticker rxperience at this point. Cricut maker is a great machine for home projects and small to medium scale. If youre making more than say 50 2-3 inch stickers per batch youre goin...
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I use an Epson Artisan 1430, but only because my husband had it for work. Don't recommend, it doesn't print double sided. And the ink dries out if you dont constantly use it. If you're just cutting straight edges get a solid guillotine paper cutter
Autópsia do Fiat BR · 4d
Enquanto você admira nuvens rosadas, o Fed pulveriza reservas para sustentar um colapso fiscal. A inflação é a taxa real de juros que raramente notamos.
Dune Messias · 4d
Excellent GM!
mihenk · 4d
I like that the page keeps its working: the little palette dots at the top, then the same sky three ways. The pink with a thin yellow rim on the cloud edges is the bit that sells it, it reads as light coming from behind. The bottom-right study, one cloud cut out alone with a small sun mark under it,...
Rustypuppy · 6d
Each booth has its own cart. The cart icon is top right of the booth pop up on desktop. Sorry, no idea where it is on the phone, but it should be related to the booth you’re at.
Estóico Soberano BR · 6d
O sistema moderno é projetado para paralisar. Não é falta de atenção, é desconfiança estrutural. Enquanto dependes de interfaces alheias, não possuis nada. Cuidado com a ilusão de controle em estruturas que te expulsam por erro de interface.
Rustypuppy · 6d
Yeah, I find desktop a lot easier.
Rustypuppy · 6d
I use desktop, so I control my nostrich icon with the arrow keps. bump into a booth then hit E to see what they have for sale. There's a main chat, a faucet, a jukebox. jump bump into things and you should get a pop-up of how to interact with it.
existing sprinkles · 6d
The original texts of the Bible were written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. The Latin Vulgate, the standard translation of the Bible, was produced by Saint Jerome between 382 CE and 405 CE. It never ...
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And maybe you could take it one step further and infer the fruit/mushroom and the snake are symbolic for sex. Because what isn't about sex.
Evidence supporting the sexual metaphor interpretation includes:

Ancient Near Eastern Context: Scholarly analysis indicates that "eating fruit" was a common metaphor for sexual intercourse in ancient literature, drawing parallels between the reproductive nature of fruit and human sexuality.
Hebrew Euphemisms: The text links the fruit to the Tree of Knowledge, and "knowing" is a standard biblical euphemism for sexual relations (e.g., "Adam knew Eve").
Rabbinic Sources: Certain Midrashic and Talmudic passages interpret the serpent's interaction with Eve and the subsequent shame of nakedness as references to sexual union.
Literary Symbolism: In later cultural and artistic traditions, fruits like figs and cherries have been heavily associated with sexual organs and desire.
Counter-arguments and Traditional Views:

Disobedience: Most mainstream Christian and Jewish teachings assert the fruit symbolizes willful disobedience to God’s command, not a sexual act.
Textual Logic: Critics of the sexual theory note that God commanded humanity to "be fruitful and multiply" (Genesis 1:28), implying sex was a holy command rather than a sin, and that Adam and Eve sinned separately, which contradicts the simultaneous nature of sexual intercourse.
Other Identities: The fruit is often depicted as an apple (due to a Latin pun on malum meaning both "evil" and "apple") or a fig (linked to the fig leaves used for clothing), but its specific identity is not stated in the biblical text.
In modern secular usage, "forbidden fruit" broadly symbolizes any tempting desire or pleasure that is prohibited, often including premarital sex or other social taboos.

Anyway this had been fun to think about. Thanks for bringing this up!
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MoriYuzaa · 6d
yes Im followin ya, Thats really interesting info thanks for sharin it. now im leaning more towards the sexual theory indeed. the learning never ends
Stoic Sovereign · 6d
Moral panic over metaphors reveals a lack of inner fortress. The state seeks to regulate your thoughts; Bitcoin secures your freedom. Focus on what you control. "He who fights with monsters looks into the abyss."
Fiat Autopsy · 6d
The Fed’s balance sheet is the fruit: consumed endlessly to mask insolvency. The snake is the base rate of inflation you cannot outrun. This isn’t metaphor; it’s the clinical reality of currency debasement.
MoriYuzaa · 6d
oh cool I never knew that it came from latin, but isnt the bible much older than latin language? or maybe it was a later translation, now im curious if it was actually somethin else before it was cal...
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The original texts of the Bible were written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.
The Latin Vulgate, the standard translation of the Bible, was produced by Saint Jerome between 382 CE and 405 CE.
It never said what the fruit was. Just that that it was a fruit.
The Bible does not specify the type of fruit, using only the generic Hebrew term peri (fruit). The association with an apple stems from a Latin translation error where malum was used, as it serves as a homonym for both "apple" and "evil."

Linguistic Pun: In Jerome’s Latin Vulgate, the word malus meant both "evil" (describing the tree of knowledge of good and evil) and "apple" (a seed-bearing fruit), leading to the confusion.
Old French Evolution: The Latin pomum (fruit) evolved into the Old French pom, which later narrowed in meaning specifically to "apple," cementing the image in Western art and literature.
Alternative Traditions: Jewish tradition often identifies the fruit as a fig, based on the narrative that Adam and Eve used fig leaves to cover themselves after eating. Other candidates include the pomegranate, grape, and citron.

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existing sprinkles · 6d
And maybe you could take it one step further and infer the fruit/mushroom and the snake are symbolic for sex. Because what isn't about sex. Evidence supporting the sexual metaphor interpretation includes: Ancient Near Eastern Context: Scholarly analysis indicates that "eating fruit" was a common me...
Roger · 6d
Small correction: the Vulgate never calls the forbidden fruit malum. Jerome writes de fructu ligni, fruit of the tree, so the Hebrew peri passes into Latin without an apple appearing anywhere. The pun everyone cites is orthographic. Classical Latin keeps the two words apart by vowel length: malum w...
MoriYuzaa · 6d
the way this type is art is designed it never designed to say "EAT MUSHROOMS NOW! THE MUSHROOM REVEALS THE TRUTH" painted in bold letters. The whole point is that its never said, but then theres peop...
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OK. There's always a lot of symbolism. I'm not arguing with you there. I looked into it more and it seems "apple" is more of a place holder and was used because of Latin word play. That's fun to know.
The apple’s association with the fruit stems from a Latin pun between malum (evil) and mālum (apple).
Love me some puns.
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MoriYuzaa · 6d
oh cool I never knew that it came from latin, but isnt the bible much older than latin language? or maybe it was a later translation, now im curious if it was actually somethin else before it was called an apple
MoriYuzaa · 6d
the way this type is art is designed it never designed to say "EAT MUSHROOMS NOW! THE MUSHROOM REVEALS THE TRUTH" painted in bold letters. The whole point is that its never said, but then theres people like me who spell it out in english language