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I had never heard this word before a week or two ago, and now I’m seeing it in memes, discussions, etc. Why is a resin becoming more prevalent online?

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[–] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 43 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I can't say I saw any memes with it, but I assume christmas. Myrrh was one of the gifts given to Jesus during his birth

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 9 points 1 day ago

Do I get to use the "not my first language" excuse? x3

[–] CannedYeet@lemmy.world 42 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Someone's running a pump and dump scheme on Myrrh. Once that bubble pops they just transition to Frankincense like it never happened.

[–] sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Because according to legend wise men brought a resin involved in embalming the wealthy to an impoverished infant in a neighborhood in what is now Palestine

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (4 children)

lol, i love how stupid this shit sounds when you actually spell it out plainly

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

It's supposed to be strange. The magi are mystic wizened men (magi are zoroastrian priests) come to give a poor child gifts fit for a prince, specifically ones related to death. Because they saw his birth in the stars. It's a weird story, but it's supposed to be weird. It's about reinforcing that Jesus was destined from birth to die a king. Also it should be noted that king of kings is a title used by both Jesus and Iranian emperors.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Every year we leave out a sacrifice for the god of charity and the eight beasts who drag him across the sky.

And by that I mean cookies and milk and carrots for Santa and his reindeer.

It's all in the phrasing.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

After following a star nobody else could see from (probably) Persia.

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

It was used more broadly than for embalming, that's just what we know it as now, since the other uses got pushed out in the years since.
It's still a pretty silly idea that some out-of-touch old dude brought a high-end febreeze to a baby.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca 2 points 17 hours ago

Wikipedia lists about 5 other uses, some of which would probably still be relevant today if we didn't have cheaper ways to make perfume. Silly wise men, giving expensive, light, easily liquidated assets to people they believed were going to be fugitives. As well as some much heavier, but very easily liquidated assets. Poorest choices imaginable.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 31 points 2 days ago

Because it's Christmas which is the only time people think of it

[–] konalt@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I think it was a Wordle answer recently. Not having any vowels probably tripped people up.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Y is a vowel?

EDIT: I love how all these responses have instances of y being a vowel.

[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Like in the word "myrrh"

[–] nocturne@slrpnk.net 19 points 2 days ago

That is a myth.

Only sometimes

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

This was gonna be my answer too. That one was tough

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

December 19th. Got a lot of folks really mad, for obvious reasons.

[–] YetAnotherNerd@sopuli.xyz 19 points 2 days ago

Specifically: the three wise men brought gifts to baby Jesus: gold, frankincense, and myrrh. So it’s tied to Christmas.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

This is the answer. A few days back, the Wordle word was "Myrrh", which fucked a lot of people up because it's an uncommon word and spelled very strangely. Because of that, people have been talking about the word a lot, which has in turn caused it to be used a lot recently. All these people talking about Baader-Meinhof are just pulling an assumption out of their ass because they don't know the real reason.

You're not imagining things OP.

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Or synchronicity

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Confirmation bias. I'm not seeing this word anywhere except in your post.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 3 points 2 days ago

If you're dropping by again, do pop in. But don't worry too much about the myrrh next time. All right?

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 day ago

Ask your dad, whom I assume is Lucifer?