Ancestors

Written by Ian Smith on 2025-01-02 at 06:26

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Written by Iris Young (he/they/she) (PhD) on 2025-01-02 at 09:46

@IanDSmith Achillean task: you're really good at this. Just don't fuck up one specific thing.

Thesean task: no part of your original plan or instructions will remain by the time it's done.

Hermetian task: your entire job is to courier messages back and forth between other people.

Odyssean task: the vast majority of your time will be spent on sidetracks.

Pandorean task: you're going to regret doing this, but you just can't let it go.

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Written by Rachel Evans on 2025-01-02 at 09:51

@iris @IanDSmith Oedipidean Task

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Toot

Written by Iris Young (he/they/she) (PhD) on 2025-01-02 at 09:52

@rvedotrc @IanDSmith I need an example.

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Descendants

Written by vruz on 2025-01-02 at 12:03

@iris

Maybe I will fall short of the incredibly high standards set, as this is not mythological, but pseudo-historical: Alexandrian, as in the relationship of Alexander the Great with his mother Olympias.

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Written by Iris Young (he/they/she) (PhD) on 2025-01-02 at 12:13

@vruz Interesting! Here again interested to learn what that means to you.

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Written by vruz on 2025-01-02 at 12:54

@iris

Alexander the Great and his mother Olympias had a complex relationship where their sheer ambition was marked by their mutual influence. Olympias played a key role in shaping Alexander’s sense of destiny, supporting his rise to power every step of the way, although their relationship was often strained by her strong will and ascendance and his desire for independence.

(as a description of the meme proposed above, which could be qualified as Alexandrian, in those terms)

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Written by vruz on 2025-01-02 at 13:03

@iris

But here's one that I'm better known for excelling at:

A Promethean task is a task where you take on immense risk or defy authority to bring something valuable or revolutionary to others, only to face severe consequences for your efforts.

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Written by Iris Young (he/they/she) (PhD) on 2025-01-02 at 13:04

@vruz relatable.

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Written by Stuart Celarier on 2025-01-03 at 00:33

@vruz @iris And, dude, being bound to a rock and having your liver pecked out by an eagle each and every day. Totz relatable!

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Written by vruz on 2025-01-03 at 00:36

@VisualStuart @iris

Various different internal organs bartered for a roof and a sandwich.

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