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[–] Flummoxed 27 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I don't feel like the swords picture is accurate... that looks like way more than 400 calories worth of swords...

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Went on a crazy ride finding a definitive answer. Just counting the metal parts, zero calories... But Its possible the leather wrap on the handle could add up to 400

[–] Flummoxed 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I mean, considering that those really look more like dirks or something, if it was real swords with leather-covered handles, my instinct is that #1: 400 calories would be more than one sword and #2: you would be dead before you could expend those calories. Did your research confirm that? I may need to take that research ride too.

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Leather is all over the place when it comes to calories.

[–] Flummoxed 1 points 5 months ago

Ooh... very good point! And the caloric value would depend on the quality of the sword's overall craftsmanship. It is more likely that a fine swordsman for the king and his retainers would use a quality leather that would be well-oiled and certainly more supple, which would mean there is a direct correlation between the quality of the sword and its caloric value.

[–] kevincox@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

IDK, how are we counting? Digestible calories? I don't think you are getting much energy from any amount of swords that you can fit in your stomach.

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago

Its amount generated after touching antimatter

The stomach is extremely small

[–] Flummoxed 2 points 5 months ago

Well, I mean, that was kind of my point, I guess. Steel is clearly not digestible, but as the other commenter indicated, the leather on the hilts would be... sorta. And if we are talking logic here, is that a giant's stomach, or are those tiny swords? Aren't there other names for tiny swords? Like, dagger?

The more I look at this image, the more I'm just shaking my damn head.