The BYOB perspective: what were Roman dodecahedrons for?

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Finger Prince

Heather Papps posted:

i know all those gears for porn, crazy to think about

Scuttled deliberately in that wreck, lest it be found and used by enemies, or Pervicus, especially after what he did with the last one. It took weeks of scrubbing to get the gears ungummed up.

# ? Jun 22, 2021 01:17

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# ? Apr 26, 2024 07:39

cruft

Finger Prince posted:

Just as an aside that documentary where they talk about figuring out exactly what it was and how it worked is loving

# ? Jun 22, 2021 01:20

Finger Prince

Mescal posted:

where can i watch this documentary?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T1n7RjCMfQ

# ? Jun 22, 2021 01:21

Mescal

Finger Prince posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T1n7RjCMfQ

that's cool and i'm watching it but it's about the antikythera thing

# ? Jun 22, 2021 01:32

Areola Grande: it's a free country u pervs

Finger Prince posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T1n7RjCMfQ

watching now :munch:

# ? Jun 22, 2021 01:39

Areola Grande: it's a free country u pervs

Mescal posted:

that's cool and i'm watching it but it's about the antikythera thing

yeah I too was expecting dodecahedrons but w/e

# ? Jun 22, 2021 01:40

cruft

Oh for Pete's sake, it's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poGapxsanaI

# ? Jun 22, 2021 01:46

Areola Grande: it's a free country u pervs

thanks cruft :hf:

# ? Jun 22, 2021 01:50

Finger Prince

Mescal posted:

that's cool and i'm watching it but it's about the antikythera thing

I hope that's the one I remember watching. I just put it on to check.

# ? Jun 22, 2021 02:03

Buttchocks: No, I like my hat, thanks.

It's for knitting penta-phallused fertility idols

# ? Jun 22, 2021 02:34

Heather Papps: hello friend

hard to believe the antikythera mechanism is for pron and the dodecahedrons are for fiber prophylactics but that's history, pal

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# ? Jun 22, 2021 02:36

Areola Grande: it's a free country u pervs

both videos were dope as hell. the antiperspirant mechanism blew my mind

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# ? Jun 22, 2021 02:57

Finger Prince

cruft posted:

Oh for Pete's sake, it's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poGapxsanaI

A cock warmer for you and four of your closest chums??

# ? Jun 22, 2021 03:09

Randy Travesty: PHANTOM QUEEN

cruft posted:

You could swipe right, but only 19 times.

# ? Jun 22, 2021 03:28

Randy Travesty: PHANTOM QUEEN

It's not for knitting, or any textile production. That's a myth and it makes me (and most of the textile conservation and study community) mad.

# ? Jun 22, 2021 03:30

cruft

Mormon Nailer posted:

It's not for knitting, or any textile production. That's a myth and it makes me (and most of the textile conservation and study community) mad.

Okay but as a way to troll archaeologists I think you have to admit its brilliance.

# ? Jun 22, 2021 03:40

Heather Papps: hello friend

i like to imagine it's some sort of oracular device but "arrow straightener" is just too funny

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# ? Jun 22, 2021 03:45

Mescal

Mormon Nailer posted:

It's not for knitting, or any textile production. That's a myth and it makes me (and most of the textile conservation and study community) mad.

why is that definitely not what it was?

# ? Jun 22, 2021 03:54

Areola Grande: it's a free country u pervs

# ? Jun 22, 2021 03:55

Fredrik1: Gopherslayer

Mescal posted:

why is that definitely not what it was?

Not very sanitary creating textiles with something you've had in your butt the whole day?

# ? Jun 22, 2021 07:23

Buttchocks: No, I like my hat, thanks.

They are actually the fossilized fruits of the dodecadendron tree (sadly harvested to extinction by the Romans, who used them to make 12-sided wine)

# ? Jun 22, 2021 09:06

Randy Travesty: PHANTOM QUEEN

Mescal posted:

why is that definitely not what it was?

If you try to "finger knit" over the increasing sizes even with period appropriate materials, the laddering is too great between stitches.

# ? Jun 22, 2021 13:31

cruft

Plus I guess some of them had wax inside, and wax is not going to help with tying knots in yarn, I think. I mean, I've never tried waxing my yarn but it sounds like a pain.

# ? Jun 22, 2021 13:40

nut

nut posted:

u put em in ur rear end

sorry i thought the thread was about rammin dodecahedrons mods please deletet his post

# ? Jun 22, 2021 14:25

Randy Travesty: PHANTOM QUEEN

cruft posted:

Plus I guess some of them had wax inside, and wax is not going to help with tying knots in yarn, I think. I mean, I've never tried waxing my yarn but it sounds like a pain.

Yeah you uh, ideally don't want wax in your yarn when you're working with it.

And they look more like sealing dies. vOv

# ? Jun 22, 2021 14:54