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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Toot

Written by Henrik Schönemann on 2025-01-02 at 13:47

@iris

Sorry, didn't see the original post you were replying to 🙈🙉🙊

Cassandrean task: you are going to be ridiculed and violated warning others, but you can't stop

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Descendants

Written by Henrik Schönemann on 2025-01-02 at 13:51

@iris

Zeusean task: you're going to spend an extraordinary amount of time fucking around, but never have to find out.

Orpheusean task: You're are going to extraordinary length, but still fuck up a simple task at the end.

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Written by Iris Young (he/they/she) (PhD) on 2025-01-02 at 13:53

@lavaeolus @IanDSmith oh my. That is certainly an archetype, but is it a task? 🧐

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Written by Henrik Schönemann on 2025-01-02 at 13:54

@iris good point - let me rephrase it :D

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Written by Iris Young (he/they/she) (PhD) on 2025-01-02 at 19:28

@lavaeolus @IanDSmith took me a while to notice the edit. 10/10 upon revision.

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Written by Deborah Hartmann Preuss, pcc on 2025-01-02 at 16:31

@lavaeolus we're deep into the Cassandrian Era, here … @iris @IanDSmith

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Written by Henrik Schönemann on 2025-01-02 at 16:39

@deborahh yes! also see: https://fedihum.org/@lavaeolus/113668949560195343

@iris @IanDSmith

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Written by Siobhan on 2025-01-02 at 20:09

@lavaeolus @iris @IanDSmith

This is the best thing on the internet today!

The replies and cross talk tangents are fabulous.

Calibanien task. Exert all effort to teach others the very basics of a task only to discover you would have been better off keeping your knowledge to yourself.

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Written by Henrik Schönemann on 2025-01-02 at 20:13

@GenXLife thanks!

I've got even more:

Atlasian Task: You are the one the whole enterprise relies upon, but you can't move an inch or even think about leaving you place.

Medean Task: You're integral to the success of a handsome guy, but you end in misery and will be remembered unkindly.

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