me taking a multivitamin gummy and doing a push-up

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Like 15 Nov 2023 at 2:20 | Open on goblin.camp

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Michael Gemar

@sugar @Gargron Fun fact: The item the man is holding is not the Rod of Asclepius, which in myth was wielded by the Greek god of healing and medicine, Asclepius, but is actually a caduceus, which is associated with Mercury and Hermes (and is commonly confused with the Rod of Asclepius).

15 Nov 2023 at 3:33 | Open on mstdn.ca

Stim

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Yes, odd isn’t it. (Thank you US Army Medical Corps 1902. 🙄) So here we have commerce trying to hold back death, I assume unsuccessfully. The sculpture is therefore portraying the end of capitalism maybe?

15 Nov 2023 at 6:13 | Open on kinky.business

Virginicus

@michaelgemar @sugar @Gargron Hermes was the psychopomp, who carried the dead to Hades. So is the skeleton with the scythe. Maybe the muscular guy is taking the caduceus away from him.