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  • Cosmonaut_Collin
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    910 months ago

    They had to roll for damage before swinging their gladius in the arena.

  • april
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    710 months ago

    We should make a bunch of weird metal objects and bury them to confuse historians

    • Ephera
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      210 months ago

      Yeah, as I understand, there haven’t actually been many found. It could have just been one blacksmith forging these as a gift item.

  • Nougat
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    510 months ago

    Wasn’t there some suggestion that it’s a knitting tool?

  • @MamboGator
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  • UnhingedFridge
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    110 months ago

    What if these were used to help the blind or poor of eyesight verify the size of coins?

  • lurch (he/him)
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    10 months ago

    that’s posted so often and it’s obviously a tent joint. tent poles go in the holes and a loop of a corner of the tarpaulins goes over one of the nubs.

      • Semi-Hemi-Demigod
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        510 months ago

        And why 12 sides? I’ve only ever seen a tent joint with five connection points max. Twelve would be overkill, especially when even if you used six holes, you’d have six other holes for no reason.

        And if they were tent joints, why wouldn’t we find them all over the place and not just northern England?

        • lurch (he/him)
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          110 months ago

          that way you’re flexible. you can use three poles or four etc, depending on how big you want it.

      • lurch (he/him)
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        110 months ago

        So that a pole with a pointy end goes in, but not through. You want multiple poles in there. It’s a joint.