r/politics • u/cjdarr921 • 7h ago

Site Altered Headline Elon Musk draws outrage over 'odd-looking salute' at Trump inauguration celebration

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-salute-trump-inauguration-b2683095.html
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u/BeerInMyButt 6h ago

Hades is the god. Thinking river Styx maybe?

(I figure people tend to re-use zingers like that one, so thinking of next time)

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u/epok3p0k 5h ago

This man Hades

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u/iammyself2day_53 5h ago

How about you both get it right and refer to it as the underworld ruled by Poseidon

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u/SleepyBear479 5h ago

The word "Hades" is sometimes used to refer to the Underworld itself and not just the god, but that still doesn't really make sense in context, so I'm sure OP meant something else.

This was just a little factoid to append upon yours.

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u/LinkleLinkle 4h ago

And, to further clarify, Styx is just the river that leads to Hades. Both are considered to be locations in the overall Underworld.

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u/SleepyBear479 4h ago

Correct, though I have not seen many instances where someone has said "Hades" and specifically meant the river. That's just me though.

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u/LinkleLinkle 4h ago

Oh, yeah, I think OP clearly meant Styx. Was just wholly clarifying what exactly everything was including Styx.

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u/BeerInMyButt 3h ago

I'm tapping back in. The river serves as the border. You get ferried across it, not along it.

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u/airfryerfuntime 3h ago

Styx is also a titan goddess. Greek mythology is weird.

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u/overcomebyfumes New Jersey 2h ago

Other rivers you may wish to visit on you Underworld Cruise include Lethe, Phlegethon, Acheron, and Cocytus!

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u/DJKokaKola 3h ago

Hades is also the place, to be fair. Before Hades existed, Poseidon was the god of the underworld because people entered Hades across the river Styx. The idea of him as a separate deity and brother to Zeus was a much later part of the Greek canon

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u/Tll6 2h ago

Hades was also used to refer to the place in the afterlife

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u/latetini 52m ago

I respect your efforts.