This is one of those fun linguistic rabbit holes Like it's actually a total coincidence that the Irish/Scottish surname "Kane" (from the Gaelic for "warrior") sounds like the Bible name "Cain" But thanks to that coincidence it's a common real name that's also edgy/badasshttps://twitter.com/Nymphomachy/status/1314103369334771713 …
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Why is Cain considered badass when all he did was kill one other person who wasn’t prepared to fight him and actually didn’t even know what murder was?
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The first person to think of doing something always gets honored for it even though the first one is rarely all that good by later standards Cain being the first murderer is like the first automobile looking like thispic.twitter.com/KApnfBHEN5
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See also how we honor Philippides for running the world's first marathon even though his time probably wasn't all the great given that he died right after
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