Miscellaneous Myths: Hermes!

Small technical problem that may push some viewers elsewhere: At 2:04, it's really difficult to read "You're spoiling him," when YouTube places "Miscellaneous Myths: Herm..." over top of your words. I love the color-coded words, matching the character colors, but if you used old-fashioned word balloons, you could color-code the balloons and have the words in a much more contrasting (and easier/quicker to read) color. Love your stuff, wish I didn't have to pause/play back so much. :)

Bill Lemmond

Hi, Red, Yes, I know what's called "minimum wage" can't pay rent, but it was very, very difficult to go back to a good spot, then stutter-step play and pause, and try again, and again, to read your comment. Minimum wage has lost at least half its value to inflation, and maybe a lot more. I recall a story in the local paper, back in the 1980s, that said it would take a $15/hour, 40-hour-per-week job to be able to afford a typical area apartment, on one income. Add in over 30 years' inflation, and anyone being paid less than $40/hour or so ... hasn't been able to keep up. About 70% of the US economy is consumer spending, so it's really short-sighted that businesses haven't lobbied Congress for minimum wage, and other wages, to keep up with inflation, and grow in real terms with the growth in labor productivity. With a level playing field, no business would be undercut by another, and all those wages would flow back in, from higher-paid customers all around. Instead, we've had a slow race to the bottom, for decades, with generic drugs made overseas in under-regulated factories, national brands of all kinds struggling, payday and car title loan predators, and all the rest of this stew of stupidity and foolishness. But thanks for bringing it up. More people need to be aware, and aware that paying everyone decently isn't just nice, but actually very sensible, and beneficial to everyone.

Bill Lemmond

Could you guys tackle the goddess of death, Hel, from Norse mythology. If you haven't covered it already?

Huh. I didn't know about the whole Hermes-Pan shenanigans. That's pretty interesting. Makes me wonder if there's any reference in Pan's old myths about a symbol that may have been the precursor of the Caduceus or if this was a brand new addition from the Greek.

Mister Eiffel

I can totally see Hermes, weighed down with life experience and responsibility and having traded in the eye, being Odin.

Matthew Foweraker

A day with a new myth video is a good day!

Merle Blue

I always love watching myths in my morning