Poll of the Day > Would You Rather No 44

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I'm not sure what inspired this one. Only upside is you get to live forever as long as you're doing said task.
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1 duh, the sky doesn't need to be held up
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VeeVees posted...

1 duh, the sky doesn't need to be held up

According to a myth it does.
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DiduXD posted...

Only upside is you get to live forever as long as you're doing said task.

That sounds more like a downside to me.
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DiduXD posted...

VeeVees posted...

1 duh, the sky doesn't need to be held up

According to a myth it does.

myths are just myths
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I've never entirely understood the myth of Sisyphus. You'd think that, after you realize that you can never succeed in rolling the boulder up the hill, you'd just stop trying. And I'd never heard any version of the myth where there's anything motivating him to DO it (like wolves that will chew on him if he stops trying, or whatever).

At least Tantalus makes sense - if he refused to play the game, he was still going to be eternally thirsty and hungry. There's no real way to stop the torment. With Sisyphus, there's no real reason for him to torment himself at all, but apparently he does it anyway?

Atlas is sort of a grey area between those two extremes - it's never actually established why he can't just say "Ehh, screw you" and put the sky down. Presumably if he did Zeus would show up and kick him in the dick, so doing what he's supposed to is somehow preferable to the alternative, but I don't think it's ever explicitly stated.


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Couldn't he just grab a few mountains & other things and stack them on top of each other to keep the sky up?
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DiduXD posted...

Have to hold the weight of the sky on top of a mountain forever

What happens if I shrugged?

ParanoidObsessive posted...

I've never entirely understood the myth of Sisyphus. You'd think that, after you realize that you can never succeed in rolling the boulder up the hill, you'd just stop trying. And I'd never heard any version of the myth where there's anything motivating him to DO it (like wolves that will chew on him if he stops trying, or whatever).

Probably an ego thing, thinking he'll someday outsmart me

ParanoidObsessive posted...

Presumably if he did Zeus would show up and kick him in the dick, so doing what he's supposed to is somehow preferable to the alternative, but I don't think it's ever explicitly stated.

I totally would kick in him the nuts if he stopped. Otherwise if the sky fell, he'd be hurt as well. Those clouds are a *lot* heavier than they look!
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First option. At least I'm doing something meaningful and succeeding.
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Can't vote for this one cause I'd say F*** it in either case and head to the pub for a beer. Probably take the sky long enough to fall for me to get at least a few.

As far as the boulder. I'd pick that B**** up and throw it at whoever was making me push it up a freaking hill.
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1, but I would drop it down on purpose. And I would aim it on a certain person btw. If Zeus shows up, all I need to do is call my buddy Kratos and he would come back from the northern lands to show him who's boss.

Oh yeah, forgot about Zues.

I'd invite him along for the beers I guess. He seems like an ok bloke.
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"The sky" is a bit of an abstract concept. I would have no problem holding an abstract concept forever. Theoretically, anyway.
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