hihi24522@lemm.ee to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoTIL about the ritual of "sin eating"en.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoI was with them until this part: while in the Balkan peninsula a small bread image of the deceased is made and eaten by the survivors of the family. That crosses over into ‘what the fuck is wrong with you people’ territory.
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoI dunno, adding gingerbread yous as a party favor to your funeral sounds absolutely fantastic. Every funeral I’ve been to would have been improved by gingerbread people of whoever died.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-29 days agoI was thinking more “Dave’s face made out of bread” than “gingerbread Dave.” I guess the latter doesn’t seem bad.
minus-squarehex@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoLike a photorealistic bread mould. Of a screaming face.
I was with them until this part:
That crosses over into ‘what the fuck is wrong with you people’ territory.
I dunno, adding gingerbread yous as a party favor to your funeral sounds absolutely fantastic. Every funeral I’ve been to would have been improved by gingerbread people of whoever died.
I was thinking more “Dave’s face made out of bread” than “gingerbread Dave.” I guess the latter doesn’t seem bad.
Like a photorealistic bread mould. Of a screaming face.