I had never heard this word before a week or two ago, and now I’m seeing it in memes, discussions, etc. Why is a resin becoming more prevalent online?

  • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    Because according to legend wise men brought a resin involved in embalming the wealthy to an impoverished infant in a neighborhood in what is now Palestine

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      6 hours ago

      It was used more broadly than for embalming, that’s just what we know it as now, since the other uses got pushed out in the years since.
      It’s still a pretty silly idea that some out-of-touch old dude brought a high-end febreeze to a baby.

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        16 hours ago

        It’s supposed to be strange. The magi are mystic wizened men (magi are zoroastrian priests) come to give a poor child gifts fit for a prince, specifically ones related to death. Because they saw his birth in the stars. It’s a weird story, but it’s supposed to be weird. It’s about reinforcing that Jesus was destined from birth to die a king. Also it should be noted that king of kings is a title used by both Jesus and Iranian emperors.

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        16 hours ago

        Every year we leave out a sacrifice for the god of charity and the eight beasts who drag him across the sky.

        And by that I mean cookies and milk and carrots for Santa and his reindeer.

        It’s all in the phrasing.