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[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 62 points 1 month ago

copper

lemon

NOOOOO

[–] CrispyFern@hexbear.net 47 points 1 month ago

Men who sell good quality copper rarely make history

[–] lib1@hexbear.net 42 points 1 month ago (5 children)
[–] Sam@hexbear.net 62 points 1 month ago

There is a Sumerian Cuniform tablet from 1750 BC in which a man complains about a copper merchant called Ea-Nasir and the quality of his copper. Its a popular online meme due to being an extremely relatable but ancient form of customer complaint. At some point that particular Sumerian statue of a male worshipper got associated with the meme.

[–] fox@hexbear.net 45 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Besides what you've been told about Ea-Nasir already, there's some extra info:

  • Ea-Nasir was a prolific trader. Documents about him have been recovered that were dated years apart because he was a hustler working the grind.
  • There's multiple complaints about Ea-Nasir recorded on different cuneiform tablets, and we recovered almost all of them from one room in one dig site, which we're pretty sure was his home. During a period when writing was a skilled trade and tablets were a commodity good with some value, and homes were almost all very small, Ea-Nasir dedicated a room in his house to complaints from swindled customers. Apparently to enjoy rereading them because if he cared about improving his goods he would've done so at any point.
[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 23 points 1 month ago

He has become the patron saint/paragon of crappy copper

[–] vanDerVaartBlackenedRanch@hexbear.net 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 16 points 1 month ago

Dank memes for Sumerian teens

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 37 points 1 month ago (2 children)

untreated copper never hurt anybody yikes

[–] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's just extra ions it's fine bro

[–] TrustedFeline@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago

Free electrolytes!!

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

i put water in, i get gatorade out, can't explain that.

[–] Coca_Cola_but_Commie@hexbear.net 17 points 1 month ago

I wonder why all those backwater villages for the last 3,000 years had traveling tinsmiths who would come and re-tin their copper pots? Ah well, it must be nothing. Ignorant, peasant superstition probably.

[–] rootsbreadandmakka@hexbear.net 22 points 1 month ago

from Amazon

Your first mistake

[–] CliffordBigRedDog@hexbear.net 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What would be the use of a copper water bottle

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 21 points 1 month ago

To make your drinks reach room temperature as quickly as possible

And I guess to be soft and malleable

All good qualities in a water bottle

[–] Meltyheartlove@hexbear.net 16 points 1 month ago

I am surprised it wasn't lead

[–] katabat@hexbear.net 16 points 1 month ago

We lost someone named Ea-Nasir. The feds went after him.

[–] Moidialectica@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago

You need to keep it in full lemon water and vinegar for 24 hours