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mr_account@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I argue that the entire history of weapon development has been “figure out better way to throw better rock”.

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  • bleistift2@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It’s funny when you learn that an ‘advanced weapon’ in hypothetical interplanetary warfare is ‘fling an asteroid into their planet’.

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  • officermike@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    For conventional weapons, sure. But I don’t think your description fits flamethrowers, sonic, or laser weaponry.

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    • Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      flamethrowers

      Flamethrowers use oil products, which are part of petrochemistry. “Petro” comes from the Greek word for “rock”.

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      • mr_account@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Liquid dino-rock

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    • Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Flamethrower - throw burning rock Sonic - throw tiny rocks Laser - throw even tinier rocks

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• rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  You could even argue that throwing rocks is the human superpower.

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