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Appoxo, to asklemmy in How come nobody ever DMs me?
@Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Gimme a reason to do it?
This aint OnlyFans.

sim_, to asklemmy in How come nobody ever DMs me?

How many people have you DMed?

Commiejones, to asklemmy in How come nobody ever DMs me?
@Commiejones@hexbear.net avatar

we just aren’t that into you.

Melatonin,

Hmm, can’t be that

adam_b, to asklemmy in How come nobody ever DMs me?

I see an interesting comment, i check the commentator profile, and I see they have lots of interesting takes and they’re around my age, I DM them

This happened only once btw

edinbruh, to 196 in rule

Once I asked a professor to participate in a project. So he interviewed me and asked me about my skills, as they do, and one of the questions was “do you know oop? Java?”, me: “just the basics”, him: “even better”.

Ashyr, (edited ) to bewowed in Biblically accurate angels

I’m not an expert in the topic, but it’s remarkable how this particular idea has really taken on life of its own. For anyone interested in apocalyptic literature or weird angels, here’s a high level explanation.

So a lot of apocalyptic imagery isn’t really meant to be taken literally. They represent ideas that were meant to be understood by the recipients.

  • So the faces of the four creatures represent the sum of all creation.
  • Covered in eyes implies that God (and his agents) are all seeing.
  • The wings imply they can move swiftly and be present wherever needed.

Taken together, these images tell us that God has authority over all creation, can see injustice and act swiftly when necessary.

These are just theorized examples, because we can’t be 100% sure what the original intent was. The point is that the audience almost certainly understood and received it as such.

This is also true for Revelation, a book rich in apocalyptic imagery, most of which we can make more accurate guesses. For instance, the beast referenced by 666 is most likely Nero Caesar. This theory is supported because there are alternative, ancient versions which use 616.

Here’s how the gematria (Hebrew numbering system) supports this theory:

Nero Caesar, in Hebrew, can be transliterated from Greek as נרון קסר (Neron Kesar). Hebrew, unlike English, does not have separate numerical digits, so each letter also serves as a number. Here’s how the calculation works:


<span style="color:#323232;">•	נ (Nun) = 50
</span><span style="color:#323232;">•	ר (Resh) = 200
</span><span style="color:#323232;">•	ו (Vav) = 6
</span><span style="color:#323232;">•	ן (Nun final form) = 50
</span><span style="color:#323232;">•	ק (Qof) = 100
</span><span style="color:#323232;">•	ס (Samekh) = 60
</span><span style="color:#323232;">•	ר (Resh) = 200
</span>

Adding these up: 50 + 200 + 6 + 50 + 100 + 60 + 200 equals 666.

If you start with Latin rather than the Greek, Nero’s name is transliterated as נרו קסר (Nero Kesar) in Hebrew, omitting the final ‘n’ (נ) found in “Neron”. The calculation would be as follows:


<span style="color:#323232;">•	נ (Nun) = 50
</span><span style="color:#323232;">•	ר (Resh) = 200
</span><span style="color:#323232;">•	ו (Vav) = 6
</span><span style="color:#323232;">•	ק (Qof) = 100
</span><span style="color:#323232;">•	ס (Samekh) = 60
</span><span style="color:#323232;">•	ר (Resh) = 200
</span>

Adding these numbers (50 + 200 + 6 + 100 + 60 + 200) equals 616.

There you go. Apocalyptic imagery is really weird, but it is coded with intent. This can be difficult as it tends to appeal to the red-stringers in all of us. Good literature, like good science, should never seek to validate assumptions, but to follow the text and apply Occam’s Razor liberally.

TheLobotomist,
@TheLobotomist@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Wow! Thank you so much for this deep dive!

Ashyr,

I think it’s an utterly fascinating topic that is largely misunderstood. Which is fair as it’s difficult and there are few certain answers.

Thanks for taking the time to read it!

eran_morad, to bewowed in Biblically accurate angels

Bitches was on some real shit when they wrote these fairy tales.

Grass,

This is deffs just Ezekiel’s drug trip

jlow, to bewowed in Biblically accurate angels

Hieronymus Bosch would have loved those!

IcedCoffeeBitch, to bewowed in Biblically accurate angels

Imagine one of these fuckers saying “Do not be afraid”

jared,

“Ignore Me!”

amio,

Myeah, if you don't mind I'm gonna go right ahead and shit myself anyway, thanks.

RickyRigatoni, to asklemmy in How come nobody ever DMs me?
@RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml avatar

you make me sleepy

cheese_greater, to asklemmy in How come nobody ever DMs me?

Shameless ;)

bitwolf, to 196 in rule

Wait… Can you send me this job listing OP? 😅

originalucifer, to asklemmy in Probably a stupid question, but will we ever have something like a microwave to make things cold? Is there a reason this can't exist?
@originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com avatar

'projecting' energy is kinda easy... 'sucking' energy is difficult

Agent641, to 196 in rule

Real-time operating system implies the existence of a turn-based operating system.

Rossel,

Well, that’s… not wrong. The time-sharing OSes take turns assigning resources too tasks.

Ziggurat, to asklemmy in How come nobody ever DMs me?

Because you need to ask,

Take an username like PM_Me_your_shit and you’d get some surprises :)

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