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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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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"