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GreetingsEarthlings 3 points ago +3 / -0

It's okay they can't hear you all the way down in the mud at the bottom of the gene pool.

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GreetingsEarthlings 2 points ago +2 / -0

Strawberries represent the good fruits of the righteous man

Quite early in medieval art and lore we find the strawberry plant of the Earthly Paradise. This probably derives from a passage in Ovid (Metamorphoses), who says that in the Golden Age the earth spontaneously provided fruit for man to enjoy, and names the strawberry as one of these salubrious delights.

By the 1300s, it is common to find strawberries pictured in Italian, Flemish and German art as well as in English miniatures as a symbol of perfect righteousness. Why? Because, the Symbol-Fibel tells us, medieval man believed the strawberry to be a cure for depressive illnesses; thus, its presence suggests the healing powers of Christ that lead us to eternal salvation.

Further, it stands "for noble thought and modesty, for although it is conspicuous by its color and fragrance, it nevertheless bows humbly to the earth." (Darrow, p. 13)

Its three-partitioned leaf is a reminder of the Holy Trinity. The fruits, pointing downward, are the drops of Blood of Christ, and the five petals of its white flower, His five Wounds. (ibid.)

St. Francis de Sales, who considered that virtue is represented in nature, speaks of the righteous and incorruptible nature of the strawberry, untouched by any poison around it:

"In tilling our gardens we cannot but admire the fresh innocence and purity of the strawberry, because although it creeps along the ground, and is continually crushed by serpents, lizards and other venomous reptiles, yet it does not imbibe the slightest impression of poison or the smallest malignant quality, a true sign that it has no affinity with poison. " (On the Love of God, book 1, c. 2)

In this way, he continues, the strawberry reminds us of the virtuous man, who is not influenced by the malice of sin that surrounds him.

Thus, as a symbol of perfection and righteousness, medieval stone masons carved strawberry designs on altars and around the tops of pillars in churches and cathedrals.

The ornamentation of these magnificent cathedrals and churches sang the medieval admiration for nature, an appreciation for all the spring delights – garlands of flowers, winding twines of ivy and the greatly coveted fraise des bois (strawberries) with its red fruit and white blossoms.

In particular, we find the strawberry in paintings depicting Our Lady, on the borders of illuminated pages of prayer books, and the books of Hours, especially in scenes featuring the Madonna and Christ.

Sometimes they are part of the background, as in the charming German painting that honors the lowly fruit in its name, The Madonna of the Strawberries, at right. The strawberry symbolizes Our Lady as the "fruitful Virgin," which remains in flower and bears fruit at the same time. Because of its red color, the strawberry also alludes to the Passion of Christ, while the white flowers on the plant refer to the Madonna's purity and humility.

The Renaissance artists also depicted the strawberry in many paintings of Our Lady. In the Bagnacavallo Madonna by Albrecht Dürer, Our Lady has in her lap the Christ Child, who holds in one hand a sprig of a fruit-bearing strawberry plant. The plant has only two leaves in the three-leaf configuration, the missing leaf indicating the last person of the Trinity in the Child.

So also do we find a perfect strawberry plant with bloom and berries in the corner of Botticelli's Virgin Adoring the Sleeping Christ Child.

In the Garden of Paradise, below, another early 15th century painting, we again find Our Lady surrounded by flowers and fruits, all Marian symbols. Among those fruits is the lowly strawberry, food of the blessed souls in Heaven.

Thus, this sweet berry signifies not only the happiness of the garden of Eden, but also of the blessed souls in Heaven who are Our Lady's fruit and, thus, grow around her feet.

There is only one exception to this rule of the strawberry as a Marian symbol in Garden of Paradise art, Darrow tells us, and that is its depiction in Bosch's strange, complicated triptych, where the painter depicts the strawberry along with the grape, cherry and apple, as a sign of voluptuousness. This is clearly not an expression of the innocent medieval artistic spirit. What we find there, rather, is the dark and occult symbolism that lived in Bosch's tortured imagination.

Thus, we conclude that the reputation of the sweet, aromatic strawberry is good. Its medieval symbolism is firmly set in reflecting the fruitful virginity of Our Lady and the righteous perfection of those blessed who enjoy her company in heavenly bliss.

https://www.traditioninaction.org/religious/f035_Strawberry.htm

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GreetingsEarthlings 1 point ago +1 / -0

"Not a single time." He might be telling the truth there. Likely told them multiple times.

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GreetingsEarthlings 3 points ago +3 / -0

Gillette shaving gel. The best a cuck can get.

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GreetingsEarthlings 4 points ago +4 / -0

They should find a way to remove the fetus but keep it alive using the artificial womb technology I've heard about and bring it to term. Then give the identity of the mother that tried to kill them when they reach 18.

See how they'd feel about that.

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GreetingsEarthlings 2 points ago +2 / -0

Didn't Egyptian's invent makeup? Sorry white guilt ridden hag. No more makeup for you then.

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GreetingsEarthlings 14 points ago +14 / -0

That's the difference between a hard worker and a diversity hire. The hard worker proves their abilities with their efforts. The diversity hire tells you how good they are and calls you names if you dare point out the truth.

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GreetingsEarthlings 14 points ago +14 / -0

Need to get back to a meritocracy (not just in the US). If women or minorities aren't up to the task physically or mentally. Tough, try harder. Standards shouldn't be lowered to meet their skill level, their efforts should be increased to meet the level required. Nor should anyone be given a position based on anything other than their experience and/or talent for it. All diversity hiring does is lower the overall skill level of a company and decreases productivity. Not to mention it's racist and sexist but that's okay if it's happeneing to white guys.

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GreetingsEarthlings 2 points ago +2 / -0

Makes you wonder how many inventions, discoveries or achievements that could have improved things for all of us that may have been buried because they weren't made by the right people. Like that Boyan kid that got ignored while every idiot praised Greta as she was rammed down our throats by the media.

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GreetingsEarthlings 4 points ago +4 / -0

Now dopey lefties will probably campaign for Wile E. Coyote cartoons to get a warning added at the start for racism 😄

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GreetingsEarthlings 4 points ago +4 / -0

You can't be shamed unless you respect the person doing the shaming. Since the shamers are racist, sexist and stupid only a fool would care what comes out of their mouths.

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GreetingsEarthlings 2 points ago +2 / -0

Same in the UK. They were saying Trump bullied Biden at the first debate. Even if that were true it would be like. Oh, okay. He's running for President but don't be mean to him, the delicate little flower can't take it. He'll make a great President though!

Idiots 🤡

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GreetingsEarthlings 2 points ago +2 / -0

Did you just assume my interest?

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GreetingsEarthlings 1 point ago +1 / -0

Pencils is phallic and patriarcal. It's 'Wooden cylinders of diverse colours and genders' now you oppressor.

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GreetingsEarthlings 13 points ago +13 / -0

The mantra of girls who post tons of drunken and butt shots on their instagram.

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GreetingsEarthlings 3 points ago +4 / -1

Oddly enough I just started listening to the audiobook 'Gary Wilson - Your Brain on Porn Internet Pornography and the Emerging Science of Addiction'.

One aspect covered is through testemonies from porn watchers that said watching it regularly made them eventually look for increasingly more extreme types and eventually leading to transexual and gay stuff (they were straight).

Just thought if anyone's interested they might want to check it out after seeing it the clip there.

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GreetingsEarthlings 5 points ago +5 / -0

They're little kids desperate for attention inside because their parent didn't give them attention or care enough about them to say no. Instead they were given things evertime they screamed just to shut them up so mommy could get drunk and try find a new temporary daddy. So they never learned to not act this way. It's probably why they hate the family unit too. Jealousy.

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