Comment on Nat 20

• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  the hollow bronze things with the studs?

  probably not some for of die- divination or otherwise. They just wouldn’t roll well. There’s a few uses for those things that seem likely. Rangefinding (mount it on a staff and peep through the holes, , some sort of symbolic use, or simply just being some sort of decorative weirdness.

  (I mean, really. Think about all the jangly things people have on, like backpacks or purses or keychains. People have always been people.)

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• HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  IIRC weren’t those knitting implements/frames? idk the only thing i know to do with yarn is play with it :3

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  • Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They can be used for that, but there’s no evidence of wear on them from that usage and there’s simpler tools for that job

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      well i posit the ones that actually got used wore down to filings and these were overstock because it was a fad anyways. like pet rocks i should go feed mine.

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