• 9point6@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    what is this? I googled and found nothing

    Ah I got my history slightly wrong, she bathed in donkey milk and just liked asps (a kind of snake)

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      3 hours ago

      The asses’ milk would moisturize skin. I assume a water rinse though, because old milk stinks and could cause a yeast infection.

      The asp was legendarily her choice to commit suicide, though it was probably an Egyptian Cobra, if it was a snake at all. (Asp bite death is slower and much more painful than cobra bite death.) I have a theory that the asp legend depends partly on the fact it’s easier to rhyme “asp” than Egyptian Cobra. As for snakebite in general, I note that male artists have universally portrayed the snake biting her on her bare booby. That’s not actually a good way to get the venom quickly to the heart/brain/lungs, because boobies are mostly fat, but it makes good pornArt.