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.
53Myrrh 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
44And 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.
16Stop ruining my jokes with additional info, damn it!
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It's used in incense and was worth as much or more than gold because it's hard to collect in mass.
19Seems 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.
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The German word sounds similar to a German word for carrot so as a child I thought that's what he got
4Bet 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"
4Möhren
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What are you giving him a balm for? It might bite him.
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Not to be pendantic, but the wise men were visitors from the far east, not the same Romans that went on to crucify Jesus according to the myth
39I think the “we” here is humanity.
38Well maybe the romans were just faster than them?
16They also had the cooler pole.
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And in fairness the Romans did do it, but only at the absolute insistence of the Jewish religious leaders.
3Oh boy.
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Unthankful genZ! Just got a present and all they do is asking unrelated questions. Next time you'll get no myrrh, how does that sound?
22God himself can die for our sins but kids these days just bitch and whine about how "unfair" that is
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“You get gold.”
“You get frankincense.”
“But wait, there’s myrrh!”
10Nailed to the North Pole. Just more proof of war crimes that have been occurring in the War on Christmas.
7"Er, well, um, if you're dropping by again, do pop in. Heh. And thanks a lot for the gold and frankincense, er, but don't worry too much about the myrrh next time. All right? Heh. Thank you. Good-bye."
3Meanwhile, to help Mary take her mind off that, here is some nail polish
2“You get gold.”
“You get frankincense.”
“But wait, there’s myrrh!”
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