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[–] MalikMuaddibSoong@startrek.website 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Monk 1: The lord requests an illustration of his beaver hunt

Monk 2: You got it chief

Monk 1: ...

[–] railway692@piefed.zip 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I want to believe this is kind of interpretation of Prometheus's punishment but... no.

[–] trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I am quite sure Prometheus was punished by an eagle eating his liver, not by some long beaked, colourful bird taking a peck at his pecker.

[–] Ioughttamow@fedia.io 22 points 1 day ago

He gets something special on his birthday every year

[–] CannonFodder@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Eagle was on holiday. Colourful bird temping and didn't really read the instructions.

Yeah, eternal punishment for Prometheus, reasonable work hours and lots of time off for Aëtos.

[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 16 points 1 day ago
[–] null@piefed.nullspace.lol 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I can't tell if this is torture, or pleasure. Maybe both?

[–] Cobrachicken@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Depends on the reader's kinks.

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ever see the inside of a penguins beak?

[–] kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

The cenobites approve.

[–] Klear@quokk.au 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's why those kinds of books are called "illuminated manuscripts".

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago

That's the joke

[–] LePoisson@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I bet that Scribe was hilarious though.

[–] TomMasz@piefed.social 6 points 1 day ago

This is downright disturbing, whether or not it was imagined or real.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Parrots do like nuts