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[โ€“] tetris11@lemmy.ml 17 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

coconut water

in a heartbeat

aloe vera

I can imagine this feeling really tingly after a while, though not sure why.

asp milk

what is this? I googled and found nothing

marmite

I too partake joyfully in that hellish sludge, and have wondered what depths of depravity I would willingly go to to satisfy that dark craving

[โ€“] Albbi@lemmy.ca 20 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (2 children)

Wikipedia says donkey milk was used by Cleopatra, not asp milk. Maybe OP meant ass milk and got autocorrected, but that sounds really wrong.

[โ€“] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

An asp is a type of snake so that sounds uhh, difficult

[โ€“] Albbi@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 hours ago

You can milk snake venom. Still doesn't sound too easy.

[โ€“] 9point6@lemmy.world 12 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

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)

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 ~~porn~~Art.