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[–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 43 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Archaeologists in 2000 years will be puzzled again. "Plastic dodecahedra found near broken mantelpieces, what could it be used for? Anyway I made one out of technetium for my grandma"

[–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"It was probably either religious in nature, or used for deciding when to put seeds in the ground"

[–] ringwraithfish@startrek.website 18 points 5 months ago

"Many same-sex friends had these. We believe it was a sign to show they were just roommates"

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

possibly used to start the primal source of heat called fire