HeckIfIKnow
Thousand Oaks, United States
Today, I lost my laptop, but I have my old childhood computer to use. It's password-protected, and the hint to the password is "meaner than Hera." I haven't been into Greek mythology since I was a kid, and if anything, this computer has just shown me how dumb I've gotten over the years. FML
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WallyQ 18
Time to hit the books
Mekeritrig 15
You haven't gotten dumber, your interests changed. When I was a kid I could name scores of dinosaurs off the top of my head. Today I can barely manage a dozen.
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mylifebitches666 18
'merica.....
ktmla 14
I think the real FML in this situation is that you lost your laptop.. That's more of an indication of intelligence than a password.
Aquaman911 18
So I'm not the only person that's been using a childhood password from when I was 10
Norja 33
I loved Greek mythology as a kid too but I have not got a clue who was worse than Hera, she was so evil. I would love to the answer if you figure it out.
Wakachulak 22
Not even Eris, the goddess of discord?
chinaski7628 32
I was thinking Medusa, Hecate, Circe, or even Medea. Or any of the Furies...
PoisonOrchid 21
I know when I was a kid, the answer would have been my mother.
Saraishi 25
@26 Medusa, by some accounts, was a young human woman raped a god and cursed with a hideous face and venomous serpents for hair by a goddess - can't blame her for hating men or anyone else.
chinaski7628 32
I know. I always felt kind of sorry for Medea, too. Doesn't make their own crimes less terrible...
sailorarctic 22
whoever said Hecate really needs to do their research because Hecate was NOT evil. Goddess of darkness does not equate evil.
Wakachulak 22
Oh! Hermes! That guy had a vile tongue.
joselgarciac 9
I think it was either Hera or Aphrodite that cursed her...
Khaleesi_26 30
There are actually many stories for medusa. One was that she boasted of her beauty to everyone and said she was more beautiful than Athena, thus Athena cursing her for being so vain. Another says she was devouted to Athena and took a vow to never wed/have kids. But she broke her vows with Poseidon. Whatever story it is all agree she was very beautiful and Athena ended up cursing her. Turning her blonde hair to snakes.
Csenecal 7
Neither. It was Athena because she found Poseidon and medusa making out in her temple
doctorhook86 25
It's Hades. Didn't y'all see that Disney movie?
CoGhostRider 31
I feel like it's the OP's childhood bully.
doctorhook86 25
#55: I feel like I got hit by a wave of downvotes from people who are too young to remember Disney movies in the 90s.
Wakachulak 22
No, just people who hate Disney period. Oh yeah, and one more from me.
BlueConverse 7
@16, Disney has an inaccurate depiction of all myths that their stories are based off of.
tim732 7
Gaia
Wakachulak 22
Earth mother? Seriously?
tbro47 23
Well she's technically a primordial god in Greek mythology she was mother of the titans. So no not just Mother Earth. She's a supreme being and if you ever read the Percy Jackson series the newer ones with both the roman and the Greek pantheons she is portrayed as a somewhat darker goddess
miianah1 22
Percy Jackson is a fiction book aimed at Tweens. Not to sound like I'm bashing it, I absolutely love the Percy Jackson series and the spinoff series Heroes of Olympus. But it's not that accurate.
tbro47 23
Eh it might not be entirely accurate because it's a fiction series, but most of the mythology is pretty sound. It just takes a different way if viewing things.
TheInvizible 4
Maybe Athena? she wasn't necessarily mean but she did turn Arachne into a spider for weaving better than her and turned Medusa into the gorgon. Aphrodite maybe, she started the Trojan war because the king of Troy forgot to offer her something at marriage. But Hera's definitely the top bitch.
Wakachulak 22
Eris
Polynomial 28
Aphrodite was given as a bribe. Or did she give the bribe?
Polynomial 28
You were right, my bad.
njgohard 16
I believe it was because the prince of Troy eloped with Helen, the princess of Sparta. The bribe, I think, was a golden apple. I'm not sure.
Danne696 14
A prince of Troy was asked to pick the most beautiful godess of Hera, Athena and Aphrodite. Naturally, they all bribed him. He settled on Aphrodite and was rewarded with the most beautiful human, Helen, that happened to be married to Menelaos, the Spartan Ruler. So when his wife was taken away, he started the Trojan war. Eris is partly to blame as she was the one who instigated the competition of the godesses.
stargirl_95 24
I'd also go with Athena. According to some legends she turned Medusa's hair into snakes as punishment for being raped in her temple by Poseidon. Athena didnt do anything to Poseidon but she accused Medusa of defiling her temple. I've heard that there's another version of the legend where she transformed Medusa to protect her from ever being raped again but I'm not sure. If you heard the first legend, Athena could be the password.
Wakachulak 22
Doesn't need to be a female deity, you know.
thesmeagol 22
Is your password cronus?
maja00 5
Your password is probably mom ;)
juturnaamo 29
That's what I was thinking, unless OP has an older sister.
Aadavis94 25
Google it?