• Bleeping Lobster
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    531 year ago

    My first thought after laughing at this was… “wtf even IS myyrh, anyway?”

    a fragrant gum resin obtained from certain trees and used

    Cheap fucking bastard gave the baby Jesus chewing gum.

    • @[email protected]
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      441 year ago

      Myrrh isn’t really a chewing gum, moreso a resinous material which can be used as both a binder and a scent. It’s often used in incense along with other resins and gums like copal. Other examples of gums include gum Arabic and xanthan gum

      • Codex
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        171 year ago

        And frankincense, one of two other gifts of the magi. The third is unaromatic gold, of course. Here’s some jewelry and a bunch of funeral scents kid, hope your step-dad got you a toy.

      • Bleeping Lobster
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        61 year ago

        Stop ruining my jokes with additional info, damn it!

    • @Madison420
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      191 year ago

      It’s used in incense and was worth as much or more than gold because it’s hard to collect in mass.

      • don
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        101 year ago

        Seems like calling Myrrh “chewing gum” would be akin to calling a factory-new Bugatti Chiron “a busted-ass jalopy”. Which, depending on whom you’re talking to, is exactly what the Bugatti might be, I reckon.

    • @[email protected]
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      41 year ago

      The German word sounds similar to a German word for carrot so as a child I thought that’s what he got

      • Bleeping Lobster
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        1 year ago

        Bet you were wondering wtf was so wise about that wise man.

        “I bring you Frankincense!”

        “I bring you gold!”

        “I bring you carrots, herp derp”

    • @AnUnusualRelic
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      21 year ago

      What are you giving him a balm for? It might bite him.