In a thousand years teachers will have a hard time explaining the origins of one of the most dangerous and ill-conceived weapons ever invented: the lightsaber (lemmy.world)

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[-] OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago

"We believe it was used for ceremonial purposes..."

[-] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

"Perhaps for some sort of fertility rite."

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

The guillotine was used for amputation. Prove me wrong.

[-] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I mean technically...

Or some sort of vegetable chopper for megaflora vegetables that didn't survive the Climate Wars.

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