• Stamets
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      1169 months ago

      Amazing. 4 minute answer for something very specific. Truly incredible.

          • @AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
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            9 months ago

            Lots of people believe that the s character is dangerous and has to be segregated using apostrophes or it will attack the others and eventually destroy the alphabet.

            The origins of this belief currently remains mysterious.

            • threelonmusketeers
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              19 months ago

              Lot’s of people believe that the s character i’s dangerou’s and ha’s to be s’egregated u’s’ing apo’s’trophe’s or it will attack the other’s and eventually de’s’troy the alphabet.

              The origin’s of this belief currently remain’s my’s’teriou’s.

              FTFY

      • Annoyed_🦀 A
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        119 months ago

        Sign of Lemmy gaining traction.

      • @Adalast@lemmy.world
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        109 months ago

        I had it immediately as well, just clicked to see if my answer was needed. I still have the set in a box somewhere.

      • PhreakyByNature
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        59 months ago

        I assumed they were chess pieces. Don’t have this set, never seen it before, but glad my instincts were right.

    • I Cast Fist
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      39 months ago

      I wonder what would be future historians’ guess as to what those are/were, 2000+ years in a future where a “great loss of knowledge” happened.

      • Uriel238 [all pronouns]
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        59 months ago

        We’ve worked out ancient gaming pieces, and sometimes been able to figure out rules for long dead games.

        • @treadful@lemmy.zip
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          79 months ago

          Usually context is necessary for archeology. Finding these next to a parking lot wouldn’t be very helpful.

          • credit crazy
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            69 months ago

            We’ve worked out everything about this ancient game however we are still figuring out how playing around cars played a role in the game

          • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】
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            49 months ago

            I feel like whenever archaeology finds something new they’re like “this was a massive arena for entertainment, people traveled from possibly thousands of miles away to watch two people play the game in the parking arena.”

            Like the get it very wrong at first but then figure out more.

    • @ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works
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      19 months ago

      Yep, it was/is a popular style of chess set pieces in Central America/Mexico ostensibly mostly for tourists.

      Had a marble/onyx set that likewise, my folks got in Mexico before I was born. My grandma cast a replacement pawn out of plastic when one broke so we always had this super lightweight and off color pawn.