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We need a total and complete shutdown of all Ivy League anthropology departments until we can figure out what the hell is going on.

https://twitter.com/Magnus_Fiskesjo/status/1764725547827859605

Interesting that Viking battle-axes used to rape and pillage defenceless seaside villages are fetishised by some Scandanavians/Europeans/Americans today as "rad" and "totally awesome as fuck" -- that's truly sick.

And, it is probably part of the broader psychological denial of the gruesome history of bloody violence, on which modern Western capitalist hegemony is founded. a-little-trolling

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[–] Dolores@hexbear.net 28 points 8 months ago (3 children)

it's actually oxidized bronze, not that that supports a beheading usecase, it'd still suck for that.

looking up the viability of jade weaponry was kind of interesting though, they've found some axes & knifes, it's supposed to be a very hard rock---so you probably could make an execution tool out of it.

[–] AutomatedPossum@hexbear.net 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)

you probably could make an execution tool out of it.

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[–] Dolores@hexbear.net 12 points 8 months ago

actually exactly what i was thinking lmao sicko-mega

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 10 points 8 months ago

Jade was valued for its malleability, similar to gold in that way. There were all sorts of ceremonial weapons made out of jade, for instance a jade saber would be awarded to distinguished scholars.

[–] alexandra_kollontai@hexbear.net 7 points 8 months ago

I've seen many historic jade clubs that were used by Maori in the museum. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mere_(weapon)