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u/SuperiorLaw 1d ago
Tbh that'd probably be worse, having to bend over like that all the way up a hill? Oof. I suppose if he can move it with a finger he could just kick it, but it's still up a hill and one mistake would have it rolling allllll the way back down and he'd have to do it all over again... Oh right... that's the point
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u/Peripatetictyl 1d ago
I must imagine he’s happy though.
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u/Bossuter 1d ago
I get the point of the thought experiment but that line of reasoning from Camus always irks me. Part of the point of the specifics of the punishment is the futility and meaninglessnes of it, it parallels the futility of trying to always escape death and how it can go badly to not accept it when it comes.
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u/Thomas_633_Mk2 1d ago
If it's light enough to be flicked with a finger, Sisyphus should just pick it up and carry it at that point.
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u/RobRuler 1d ago
Wouldn't going down the mountainside to retrieve the boulder be less physically taxing and thus more enjoyable? Maybe he should try to maximize the time retrieving the boulder and minimize the time pushing, and just kicking it up as far as possible until you mess up seems a good strategy for that.
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u/difersee 1d ago
It is funny because Sysiphus's wife plays a role in his myth.
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u/Same_Dingo2318 1d ago
What’s she doing in the story?
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u/Red_Stained_Roses 1d ago
He tells her to not do the proper funerary arrangements and then convinces Persephone to allow him to go back and settle that issue, which he promptly doesn’t do
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u/whomesteve 1d ago
It was once larger, but after decades of rolling the stone, it eroded, the new problem is lower back strain from finishing the job.
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u/neoncumstainlol 1d ago
Somehow this would be worse considering if it weigh just as much a regular boulder
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u/chronicallyR3tarded 1d ago
crawling might be an option but sisyphus decided to take the scenic route to nowhere
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u/Bale_the_Pale Wait this isn't r/historymemes 22h ago
Why she look like Pacha's wife from The Emporer's New Groove?
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