I don't get the Sphinx riddle

[Busaiku]

Why do humans only have a lifespan of a day?
Why is infancy half our life, longer than our time as an adult, prior to becoming old?

 

[HStallion]

OP would get eaten is all I'm taking away from this

 

[El Bombastico]

Thank God Oedipus was there and not you, OP...

 

[Officer Big Mac]

OP is fun at parties

 

[super-famicom]

Oh look, it's the weekend

 

[IDreamOfHime]

It doesn't specify that man will start walking on two legs at noon, only that by noon they will be.

 

[lupinko]

I remember this from BTAS.

Yeah that Sphinx would be eating this weekend.

 

[Joe]

And that's why you'll never get to fuck your mom. That's just the way the sphinx is man. I don't make the rules.

 

[L Thammy]

Fun fact! The Sphinx is actually the only known animal that asks its prey questions before eating. Scientists have yet to answer why it does this, but the prevailing theory is that it's some kind of fetish thing.

 

[The Namekian]

It's was a ancient times metaphor..... and yes he would have eaten OP up

 

[affeinvasion]

This generation is really bad at figurative language.

 

[Lant_War]

You're gonna be tasty OP

 

[L Thammy]

This generation is really bad at figurative language.

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I'm reminded of a friend of mine who accidentally confused someone by saying "the pot called the kettle black" because the other guy had never heard the phrase or seen a black kettle.

 

[Jason Frost]

Is this another Batman thread?

 

[Dyle]

Just google the answer and get on with romancing your mom. We all know you're just trying to skip to the good part

 

[Steamlord]

You should start a YouTube channel.

 

[Wyman Manderly]

The Sphinx is the riddle, not the riddler.

 

[Z-Beat]

youre gonna talk semantics with a flying lion woman?

 

[Baha]

3 phases of the day = 3 phases of life, not everything is literal.

 

[Septimus Prime]

1-day lifespan? Clearly the mayfly.

EDIT: break some of its legs throughout the day.

 

[HStallion]

OP would be trying to grill Gollum over the analogies used in its final riddle.

 

[Deleted member 21411]

Is that you Neil Degrassi Tyson?

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

It would take one smart motherfucker to solve that one.

 

[Harken Raiser]

Someone should make a porn adaption of the Oedipus story, "Greek prince fucks hot mom".

 

[Deleted member 4482]

sphinx is an asshole. just leave me alone bro go play jeopardy

 

[weemadarthur]

OP would be trying to grill Gollum over the analogies used in its final riddle.

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What have I got in my pocket?

 

[HStallion]

 

[Zeno]

What have I got in my pocket?

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How the hell am I supposed to know?

 

[L Thammy]

What have I got in my pocket?

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Nothing. You're just happy to see me.

 

[weemadarthur]

How the hell am I supposed to know?

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Nothing. You're just happy to see me.

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You both lose. It was Precious, though.

 

[meph]

OP were you also confused why people couldn't have had 1 million dollars from Mike Bloomberg if only he gave his money directly to American citizens and not strategists and advertisements?

 

[Kasai]

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I'm genuinely curious what the answer is

EDIT: is it fire.

 

[meph]

I'm genuinely curious what the answer is

EDIT: is it fire.

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It's a hole.

 

[Septimus Prime]

Helium, bros.

It's a hole.

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Yeah, pump it in through there.

 

[Border]

What has wings but doesn't fly, legs but doesn't walk, and a mouth but makes no sound?

Spoiler

A dead bird.

 

[Prototype Viktor]

I thought the Sphinx riddle was how to get a non white male lead in a Coen or Burton film?

 

[Haruko]

 

[Poppy]

is this thread a riddle

 

[sven]

The Sphinx is the riddle, not the riddler.

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and the missing Sand Snake!

 

[Sordid Plebeian]

A day is synonymous with a life time: sun rise is birth and sun set is death. It's a frame of reference to present context to the rest of the riddle

 

[curiouscharles]

English, how does it work?

Generally, fun thread though freal.

Riddle of the Sphinx is one of my fav myths so thanks for reminding me OP.

 

[Doggg]

Well, you're never becoming King of Thebes at this rate.

 

[Yoshimitsu126]

Do sphinx act the same way in Egyptian stories as they do in greek stories.

 

[BossAttack]

The Sphinx is the riddle, not the riddler.

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I came for this.

 

[T.Rex In F-14]

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I love this, what a reference.

 

[ConfusingJazz]

English, how does it work?

Generally, fun thread though freal.

Riddle of the Sphinx is one of my fav myths so thanks for reminding me OP.

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Well, Classical Greek translated into English.

 

[RagnarokX]

"Why is a human's life a single year? I've lived through multiple autumns."

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Dr. Fink was a nutbag.

 

[caff!!!]

Fun fact! The Sphinx is actually the only known animal that asks its prey questions before eating. Scientists have yet to answer why it does this, but the prevailing theory is that it's some kind of fetish thing.

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is this just next level playing with your prey

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

"We're five little items of an everyday sort, you'll find us all in a tennis court."

 

[Soapbox Killer]

"What's greater than God, more evil than the devil, rich people need it, poor people have it and if you eat it you die?"



I know people know the answer now but imagine this 20 years ago, isolated for 6 months with no phone and no Internet to look it up. Oh this one bothered the hell out of me especially when it says the kids always answer right and adults always answer wrong.