He confessed later on that partly he resists because he feels it displeases God. So that figures …

Just realized it could look like I’m referring to serving with pancakes lol … Poor phrasing

My caption was emphasizing the 1st picture more: fresh variety diced and mixed

The mindset that AI will replace most jobs is not only a lie, but it’s sold to the public by corporate billionaires who are *perpetrating it as an intentional injustice.*

It’s less “AI makes xyz job irrelevant” and more “They decided to call us ‘irrelevant’ so they could screw us.”

(Then again what do I know? I’m just a regular human … with a brain … and an art degree …)

A2: Maybe ancient parables like this didn’t always treat the “fourth wall” like we do today. The statement may not diagetically represent the bramble’s mindset, but instead it’s placed in the bramble’s mouth more for dramatic or symbolic emphasis.

Q2: If the bramble represents Abimelech, why in verse 15 does its quotation seem out of character for Abimelech?

A1b: Standing on a mountain could have been a convenient way to get attention, from a defensive position, and prepare for a getaway at the same time. Maybe it wasn’t meant to be much more dramatic than that.

A1a: This was a strongly oral culture. Maybe any random bystander would instantly recognize & habitually assume a duty to memorize in real time what was spoken, long enough to pass it on… like an ancient crowd-run paperless mail service. It could only take 1-2 people in earshot.

Q1: Jotham shouts from a mountaintop, which seems like it was probably farther than hearing distance for his audience—to almost an absurd degree.
a) How did they hear him?
b) Why did he do this?