• @rockSlayer
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    4 months ago

    The patent for metal detectors was submitted in 1881. The occupation ended in 1922.

    • @TheGrandNagus
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      4 months ago

      Patent does not mean existing or widespread. Apple had a patent for airbags in their phones and have for the past 15 years. I’ve still yet to see them materialise.

      Regardless, Ireland’s law is from 2014. Blaming Britain is just brain-dead. Believe it or not, things happen in Ireland that are completely unrelated to the UK’s past.

      E: the first metal detector patent was in 1925.