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janewaydidnothingwrong@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• StankStain@lemmy.today ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  nerd

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  • janewaydidnothingwrong@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    🥲

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• Leonixster@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This is also how they cut rocks in ancient egypt I believe? Not with water, mind you, but would use a pretty mediocre if not useless saw but would drop sand in there, so it was actually the sand cutting the rock

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  • girlnamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yep! The would use a saw that often had a blade made of string, like a bow, but would but gritty, sandy water in the hole they were cutting to slowly grind it away. I think they would also use “dull” copper saws (don’t quote me on that one though)

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    • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Wouldn’t the string break from the abrasive sand long before it made an impact on the stone they were trying to cut?

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      • HerbGrower@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Change the string as it wears out. As long as it makes enough progress to justify the cost of the string it would be a decent choice.

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  • janewaydidnothingwrong@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    😮

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• unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  As my compatriot elucidated, when we were wee morons of damn near adult age, “I could keep stabbing this pole with this piece of metal, and after many eons of stabbing, this pole would come down!”

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  • janewaydidnothingwrong@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    huh?

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