I have this mental fanfiction that every god has a way to be killed, and when you kill them you can get things from them.

For instance, the one that I refer to the most often is Ben Franklin using a kite and a key to slay Zeus and to steal electricity from him.

And then of course there’s Prometheus who intentionally and willfully laid down his own life so that humanity could have fire.

But there are more gods than there are words to describe them.

What other gods have we claimed existed, that we humans have likely slain, and what do you think we got from them?

    • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
      141·
      17 hours ago

      incredibly detailed understanding of ocean currents.

      Wikipedia is no help in explaining this, could you expand on this a little?

      • IndescribablySad@threads.net@sh.itjust.works
        16·
        16 hours ago

        Look, this is a tangent but who the hell would downvote a sincere question? Who believes that asking for details is neither worth doing, nor fulfilling in a community called asklemmy? Your finger had better have slipped, because you’ve made an enemy for life, anonymous stranger.

        • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
          13·
          16 hours ago

          I have a downvote follower, pay no attention to that. Sometimes it gets really bad, which makes me laugh because they have to do a lot of work to do that. I’m not sure who they think they’re hurting by having to possibly log out and log in with numerous alts. It’s a slow downvoting. Occasionally people really are downvoting me, which is fine too. The points really don’t matter.

          • IndescribablySad@threads.net@sh.itjust.works
            9·
            16 hours ago

            Oh thank god, it’s just singular fixation, not aspirational deadening of curiosity. I thought it might have been the mention of Wikipedia, which also tends to draw downvotes. I’m sorry you have to deal with that

            • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
              11·
              16 hours ago

              I’m sorry you have to deal with that

              Thanks, but it really is no big deal. I’m in a lot of the politics spaces, so it’s expected there.

              I will say to anyone reading this, to upvote comments as much as you think you can. Some new people really do care about upvotes and downvotes. It’s a better vibe too if the authentic people are getting upvoted.

      • IndescribablySad@threads.net@sh.itjust.works
        9·
        17 hours ago

        Trawlers really took off like 200 years ago, contemporaneous to the Industrial Revolution which also saw human scientific advancement exploding. It’s just a coincidence that I’m joking about

    • NaibofTabr@infosec.pubEnglish
      10·
      17 hours ago

      an incredibly detailed understanding of ocean currents.

      So that we can watch them fall apart.