It was the symbol of Hermes, the Greek god of messengers. It’s called a caduceus, and it was a symbol of peace that would grant safe passage to the carrier. For similar reasons it would be adopted by medical experts and come to be associated with medicine.
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AFallingAnvil@lemmy.cato
Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works•Major AWS outage takes down Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, and moreEnglish
10·7 months agoAnd nothing of value was lost
AFallingAnvil@lemmy.cato
Greentext@sh.itjust.works•Anon doesn't understand streamer fans
32·7 months agoOh, and don’t forget that video game women tend to have worse upper body strength than video game men so if you’re intending to vault, climb and break things you should be a dude /s
AFallingAnvil@lemmy.cato
Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com•How many days did your slowest torrent take to download?English
12·7 months agoI’ll bite, what’s the media?
AFallingAnvil@lemmy.cato
Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com•I knew I should have turned off auto-update ugh English
71·8 months agoFor what it’s worth jellyfin is really not that hard to set up
AFallingAnvil@lemmy.cato
Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com•I knew I should have turned off auto-update ugh English
101·8 months agoI’m running jellyfin, can’t recommend it enough. It’s been catching up quite steadily to Plex and I still control everything. Can’t complain about that.
Fishing for bright ideas
Without saying too much, play deathloop
Activate the Omega 13 device!
AFallingAnvil@lemmy.cato
Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com•Anyone ever want to pirate for moralistic reasons?English
31·1 year agoYeah, sure sucks when people go out of their way to bend their personal code of supporting creatives they enjoy to ensure they don’t contribute money to a hateful bigot who actively makes things worse for vulnerable minorities. Yeah, that sure is motivated by external approval of internet strangers.
AFallingAnvil@lemmy.cato
Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com•Anyone ever want to pirate for moralistic reasons?English
82·1 year agoNow that’s a keeper
AFallingAnvil@lemmy.cato
Technology@beehaw.org•The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
2·1 year agoIt brings me comfort knowing they aren’t competent enough to surprise attack Canada
Just don’t look up, duh
AFallingAnvil@lemmy.cato
Technology@beehaw.org•Pornhub Is Now Blocked In Almost All of the U.S. South
11·1 year ago*turns to look at Alabama expectantly*
AFallingAnvil@lemmy.cato
Free Video Game Giveaways@feddit.uk•[Prime/Epic] *Predator: Hunting Grounds*, asymmetric-multiplayer shooterEnglish
7·1 year agoShout out to the Dr Disrespect dlc that makes him the predator. Released long before his allegations came to light, it’s truly one of the most insightful DLCs of all time. It’s also fucking hilarious.
AFallingAnvil@lemmy.cato
Gaming@beehaw.org•Grim Dawn, one of the best ARPGs, is on sale right now ($2.50)
3·1 year agoTempted to pick this up and then a friend tells me he doesn’t think we’ll play it enough. Like, whaaaa?
It’s part of the “no sex, no marriage, no kids” platform that focuses on bodily and personal autonomy for women by withholding sex from men and ensuring they’ll never be tied down in any form.
AFallingAnvil@lemmy.cato
Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com•Bungie Targets Bitcoin Wallet in Effort to Expose 'Destiny 2' CheatersEnglish
2·1 year agoWe really gotta make neon a thing again




To be further pedantic, the Greeks started calling themselves the Romioi in late antiquity, so some Greeks were in fact Romans, but not all Romans were Greek.