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1. hiccuphippo ◴[] No.43745091[source]
The quote in Spanish about a Norse god is from a story by Jorge Luis Borges, here's an English translation: https://biblioklept.org/2019/04/02/the-disk-a-very-short-sto...
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2. _emacsomancer_ ◴[] No.43745676[source]
And in Spanish here: https://www.poeticous.com/borges/el-disco?locale=es

(Not having much Spanish, I at first thought "Odin's disco(teque)" and then "no, that doesn't make sense about sides", but then, surely primed by English "disco", thought "it must mean Odin's record/lp/album".)

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3. wiml ◴[] No.43745774[source]
Odin's records have no B-sides, because everything Odin writes is fire!
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4. kruuuder ◴[] No.43746245[source]
If you have read the story and, like me, are still wondering which part of the story is the quote at the top of the post:

"It's Odin's Disc. It has only one side. Nothing else on Earth has only one side."

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5. tialaramex ◴[] No.43746803{3}[source]
Back when things really had A and B sides, it was moderately common for big artists to release a "Double A" in which both titles were heavily promoted, e.g. Nirvana's "All Apologies" and "Rape Me" are a double A, the Beatles "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever" likewise.
6. tines ◴[] No.43747092[source]
A mobius strip does!
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7. Validark ◴[] No.43747689[source]
The story is indeed very short, but hits hard. Odin reveals himself and his mystical disc that he states makes him king as long as he holds it. The Christian hermit (by circumstance) who had previously received him told him he didn't worship Him, that he worshiped Christ instead, and then murdered him for the disc in the hopes he could sell it for a bunch of money. He dumped Odin's body in the river and never found the disc. The man hated Odin to this day for not just handing over the disc to him.

I wonder if there's some message in here. As a modern American reader, if I believed the story was contemporary, I'd think it's making a point about Christianity substituting honor for destructive greed. That a descendant of the wolves of Odin would worship a Hebrew instead and kill him for a bit of money is quite sad, but I don't think it an inaccurate characterization. There's also the element of resentment towards Odin for not just handing over monetary blessings. That's sad to me as well. Part of me hopes that one day Odin isn't held in such contempt.

8. bibanez ◴[] No.43750922{3}[source]
A mobius strip made out of paper has 2 sides, the usual one and the edge.
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9. WJW ◴[] No.43755635{4}[source]
How about things like Klein bottles that have no edges? (Although I guess that unlike a Mobius strip it's not possible to make a real one here on Earth so the quote from OP still holds)