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[-] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 37 points 3 weeks ago

i used a scythe once at the family summer get-away cabin to cut the way too long grass while wearing a black skirt, a black top and a wide brimmed black hat.

Felt like I was a boss in Bloodborne for a minute there comfy-cool

[-] Gorb@hexbear.net 11 points 3 weeks ago

Tonight, Gehrwoman joins the hunt

[-] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago

Inappropriate laughter Oh silly me....I seem to have missed a spot... ....creepy giggles

[-] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Red bar appears beneath the boss name "Betrieblichesicherheitgeschlecht"

[-] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

German as a language was a mistake

[-] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

The fact it resulted in the creation of both Dutch and English should have been a clue.

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 27 points 3 weeks ago

This is a way cooler thing to base a personality upon than Le Epic Beard or bideo bames. Critical support.

[-] LGOrcStreetSamurai@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago

The bespoke scythe guy > the broke knife guy.

[-] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 26 points 3 weeks ago
[-] RNAi@hexbear.net 17 points 3 weeks ago

I gotta read that saga someday

[-] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 14 points 3 weeks ago

Start today! I started reading them after hearing about it on hexbear last year and read the whole thing!

[-] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago

Discworld is addictive, so make sure there aren't any other books you want to read for a while

[-] DefinitelyNotAPhone@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago

What can the harvest hope for, if not the care of the Reaper Man?

[-] kristina@hexbear.net 24 points 3 weeks ago
[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 24 points 3 weeks ago
[-] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 21 points 3 weeks ago

100% the name is a nod to One Straw Revolution (1978) by Masanobu Fukuoka (1913-2008).

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[-] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 20 points 3 weeks ago

You've never seen a professional scything contest have you

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 15 points 3 weeks ago

I sell European scythes

He's just trying to drum up demand

[-] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 14 points 3 weeks ago

He's really gonna hold onto the bit until Death huh?

[-] RNAi@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago
[-] theturtlemoves@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

What can the harvester hope for, if not the approval of The Reaper Man?

[-] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Scythes are underrated, in certain situations they are way faster and efficient than a string trimmer. Like when I see people maintenance mowing meadows with a string trimmer I feel so bad for them. But good luck clearing around garden beds with a scythe.

Having said that I would have never considered buying one if it weren't for cranks like these and they're completely harmless as far as those things go so 🤷

[-] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

I've always wanted a scythe.

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 12 points 3 weeks ago

Retrofit the blade and you got a pole arm for combat.

[-] LocalOaf@hexbear.net 12 points 3 weeks ago

"Welcome to Guys: A Podcast About Guys, and this week we're taking a look at Scythe Guys"

[-] Dingus_Khan@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago

"I'm Bryan and I'm here with my co-host Chris, the string trimmer"

"Ok, yeah I guess I'd use one if I had a lawn? Is that bad?"

[-] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 11 points 3 weeks ago

There's another guy (I think) who has consistently won speed mowing competitions using a scythe, and his channel is a joy to watch.

[-] huf@hexbear.net 12 points 3 weeks ago

there's at least a third one, a swedish (i think) dude super into scything to restore meadows. mowing apparently wrecks the shit out of them.

[-] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago

I think that's the one! He's really into speed mowing and regular mowing.

I've also been lucky to meet some amazing folks who do the same but don't have a YouTube channel. They're just mountain people maintaining meadows through transhumance.

[-] RNAi@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I love it,

I used to watch speed building of uh, "wire fences" I guess it's the translation

[-] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago

That is very niche, so much so I don't even know what the word for that kind of wire fence would be in Spanish.

[-] RNAi@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Alambrado, papá

Argie spanish at least

[-] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

Ah of course, we call it that in Colombia, too. Just that we use it to mean barbed wire.

[-] RNAi@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

Plus it can't be niche, how are y'all keeping your cows and sheep grazing in place?

[-] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

Lol I meant the competitive aspect of it, not the alambrado itself.

[-] Gorb@hexbear.net 10 points 3 weeks ago

This is something I'd happily base my personality on

[-] Gucci_Minh@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago

Does this not fuck up your back if you do it too much?

[-] JayTreeman@hexbear.net 19 points 3 weeks ago

EVERYTHING fucks up your back if you do it too much. Source: have a back

[-] Gucci_Minh@hexbear.net 12 points 3 weeks ago

True, our spines weren't meant for upright bipedal use. Return to monke.

[-] RNAi@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago

Then why it inserts itself in our craniums in that angle?

Sike there are no whys in biology, whatever it is, it's what sticked without killing off the species (yet), plus fucking randomness is the biggest evolutionary driver, etc etc

[-] Dessa@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

Source: have a back

Pics or you're lying

[-] RNAi@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago

So does shrimping in an office job so eh

[-] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

i mean yeah, it's manual labor. the flesh is temporary. i don't think lugging around a weed wacker is much better for you, and it's definitely better than a push mower.

[-] Teekeeus@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago
[-] oregoncom@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

Scythes were up there with bacon and mustaches in the 2010s.

[-] RNAi@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

Really? I don't remember

[-] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

it's even worse, he has an LLC

[-] RNAi@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago
[-] Dessa@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

A corporation

[-] AndJusticeForAll@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

limited-liability company

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