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[+3] - dlowan - 06/17/2010[quote="Reyn"] Pandora's Box is an artefact in Greek mythology. The "box" was actually a large jar (Ï�Î¹Î¸Î¿Ï� pithos) given to...

@solipsister,

Pandora's Box is an artefact in Greek mythology. The "box" was actually a large jar (πιθος pithos) given to Pandora (Πανδώρα) ("all-gifted"), which contained all the evils of the world. When Pandora opened the jar, the entire contents of the jar were released, but for one – hope.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora's_box

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@solipsister,

Possibilities

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@Reyn,

Reyn wrote:

Pandora's Box is an artefact in Greek mythology. The "box" was actually a large jar (πιθος pithos) given to Pandora (Πανδώρα) ("all-gifted"), which contained all the evils of the world. When Pandora opened the jar, the entire contents of the jar were released, but for one – hope.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora's_box

And once again we have a myth of the Fall that blames women.

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@dlowan,

And. . . ?

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@roger,

Yeah roger! Does the bunny have a point? I'm not so sure this time....

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@tsarstepan,

I dun'no, but we've been blamed for everything since.

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@solipsister,

solipsister wrote:

What was in Pandora's Box?

-a left hook, a left jab, and a right handed upper cut

-A2 (and all went to sh*t once it got out and took over PF)

-Babies

-The usual

-The Internest

-Junk (thus the origin of the saying, "she got junk in the box")

-Jack (don't bother me, I'm eating)

-Her two front teeth

- definitely not anybody who gave a flying f*ck what was in her box

-I don't really want to guess, but Ender's game

-What was what doing in Pandora's box? And how do you even know what was in there to begin with? At any rate, I'm glad What managed to get out ...

-Cookies

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@dlowan,

dlowan wrote:

Reyn wrote:

Pandora's Box is an artefact in Greek mythology. The "box" was actually a large jar (πιθος pithos) given to Pandora (Πανδώρα) ("all-gifted"), which contained all the evils of the world. When Pandora opened the jar, the entire contents of the jar were released, but for one – hope.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora's_box

And once again we have a myth of the Fall that blames women.

Talk about the glass being half empty. I prefer to see it as another myth of the Fall that gives women credit

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@Gorilla Nipples,

Good point, how utterly boring the world would be without a little sin.

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@wayne,

wayne wrote:

Good point, how utterly boring the world would be without a little sin.

Haha, true. Though never knowing sin, we might not even be able to realize the world was boring

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@Gorilla Nipples,

Gorilla Nipples wrote:

wayne wrote:

Good point, how utterly boring the world would be without a little sin.

Haha, true. Though never knowing sin, we might not even be able to realize the world was boring

Interesting thought, without sin or the knowledge of boredom would there be any happiness? Without women , men would still be living in caves I bet.

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@wayne,

wayne wrote:

Gorilla Nipples wrote:

wayne wrote:

Good point, how utterly boring the world would be without a little sin.

Haha, true. Though never knowing sin, we might not even be able to realize the world was boring

Interesting thought, without sin or the knowledge of boredom would there be any happiness? Without women , men would still be living in caves I bet.

Maybe not happiness, but euphoria? I don't think feeling good requires knowledge of feeling bad, but recognizing a feeling as "good" or "bad" definitely requires knowledge of both. So the I guess the question would be whether happiness is just a euphoric sensation, or some kind of recognition of a positive (versus negative) state.

"Without women , men would still be living in caves I bet."
Maybe... unless women were also the ones who found the caves to live in...

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@Gorilla Nipples,

Even if wimmen had invented caves, they would still need to rearrange the furniture every month or so.

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@roger,

hmmm, I feel we're going somewhere significant with this, but I'm worried about assuming something as complex a furniture...

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@tsarstepan,

tsarstepan wrote:

Yeah roger! Does the bunny have a point? I'm not so sure this time....

Yes.

And you're damn close to feeling it. You and that damned Rat.

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