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A punishment by the gods! (infosec.pub)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by NichEherVielleicht@feddit.org to c/historymemes@piefed.social
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[–] hypna@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

One must imagine Sisyphus happy

[–] dalekcaan@feddit.nl 13 points 3 months ago

One must imagine gym bros happy

[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 months ago

Forget the stair climber, if you really want to bust your ass, there's a ladder version of this.

Try lasting more than 2 mins on one of these !

You will be heaving bellows

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 5 points 3 months ago

Humans crave suffering

[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 4 points 3 months ago

We managed to get rid of the boulder at least, and Sisyphus didn't get to take a month-long cheat day after getting winded from ten minutes on the lowest setting and deciding "my body deserves a reward" before guilt and shame finally drive him to "start doing his exercises again" that he never actually stuck with.

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

Like Sisyphus, I am bound to hell.