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aodhsishaj , in TIL: Amazing Process of Cutting Gigantic Volcanic Glass to Make Crystal Balls

I cannot possibly imagine not doing this job in a fully sealed deep diving suit with a hepa filter and chainmail from head to toe.

Silicosis is a fucking nightmare on par with mesothelioma and emphysema.

NegativeInf ,

Honestly, this is actually one of the times where the satirical word pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is actually applicable!?

dactylotheca ,
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… what’s the chainmail protecting against?

aodhsishaj ,

Puncturing the diving suit, and also psychological reassurance being near that massive saw.

custard_swollower ,

Chainmail does not secure against punctures, only cuts.

Septimaeus ,

Anecdotal but a kitchen I worked at used it for shucking oysters, i.e. specifically to prevent puncture of skin.

dactylotheca ,
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They meant puncture as in stabbing the chainmail with a pointy thing vs cutting it. They do offer some protection but it’s easier to get through; more force in a smaller area

Septimaeus ,

That makes sense. I suppose that’s what plate was for?

dactylotheca ,
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Yeah it’s all about tradeoffs, really. Plate’s great but it does weigh and cost more so you wouldn’t see as much of it in the field – although it’s not nearly as clunky as popularly portrayed because you had to be able to fight in that thing. A lot of the time throwing some mail and a gambeson on a peasant is Good Enough™ for the mass of your army

Septimaeus ,

I recall a tour guide at the armory museum in Boston describing accounts of (presumably well-to-do) armor wearers showing off their suits’ mobility by doing cartwheels. Still difficult to imagine, but yeah fighting in clunky armor sounds like it could easily be more dangerous than none at all.

aodhsishaj ,

Depends on the mass of the projectile and the size and material of the rings of the mail.

nicknonya ,
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errant knights

nobleshift , in TIL: Amazing Process of Cutting Gigantic Volcanic Glass to Make Crystal Balls
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    gibmiser OP ,

    PTSD from partying too hard…

    brbposting ,

    Sheesh, in San Francisco even closing the afters at 6am isn’t that problematic!

    Wonder if the genre or the region has more of an impact. What’d you listen to in Ybor (Tampa?), any house?

    MushuChupacabra , in TIL: Amazing Process of Cutting Gigantic Volcanic Glass to Make Crystal Balls
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    A de-gloving injury just waiting to happen.

    Gigasser , in TIL: Amazing Process of Cutting Gigantic Volcanic Glass to Make Crystal Balls

    Does volcanic glass really look like that? Perhaps it’s just glass slag from a factory.

    Plum ,
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    It’s slag.

    Kyrgizion ,

    The only type of (natural) volcanic glass found in appreciable quantities is obsidian. I don’t know of any others at all.

    Etterra , in TIL: Amazing Process of Cutting Gigantic Volcanic Glass to Make Crystal Balls

    Okay NGL, I would love to have blood red gravel to decorate… Something. If I owned property.

    aodhsishaj ,

    Blood red gravel that draws red blood…Doom Guy vibes in landscaping

    Track_Shovel , in TIL: Amazing Process of Cutting Gigantic Volcanic Glass to Make Crystal Balls

    Why do we need crystal balls?

    Not making a future pun.

    billwashere , in TIL: There was an animated tv show based on the children's book series Busytown called The Busy World of Richard Scarry

    https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/0f63fb55-bfad-4a64-83aa-7e5dce13d2d4.jpeg

    This is just wrong.

    ThatWeirdGuy1001 ,
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    I mean it makes the most sense with him being a pig.

    Pigs will eat anything.

    jol ,

    No, ono, it’s Vegan sausages!

    That steak though… Yeah, that was the neighbour.

    i_dont_want_to ,

    The fella next door blasted his music at 2am for the last time.

    EffortlessEffluvium ,

    Makes as much sense as hogs promoting BBQ on billboards. Or Chester Chicken (the sheriff) promoting Chester’s Fried Chicken

    Track_Shovel , in TIL about Lloydminster, a Canadian town that lies within two provinces but is a single municipality

    Competes with Red Deer for the fent captial of Alberta

    TheMightyCanuck ,
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    I thought that was Methbridge or Grand Prarie?

    aldalire , in TIL: How the West Debt Trapped The Democratic Republic of Congo; The Richest Country in the World

    Archive link. Not gonna make an account to view the article.

    archive.is/E3hV0

    themeatbridge , in TIL: Amazing Process of Cutting Gigantic Volcanic Glass to Make Crystal Balls

    … Huh? No, we don’t have that, but we do have “oh shit!” as in “Oh shit I lost another finger!”

    Pyr_Pressure , in TIL about Lloydminster, a Canadian town that lies within two provinces but is a single municipality

    To make it confusing, Alberta follows daylight savings while Saskatchewan does not.

    So if you li e anywhere else in Saskatchewan you don’t change your clocks

    If you live in Saskatchewan-side Lloydminster you do as it follows Alberta’s clocks.

    From what I understand.

    Thcdenton , in TIL: There was an animated tv show based on the children's book series Busytown called The Busy World of Richard Scarry

    I used to love this when I was a kid

    Sparkega , in TIL: There was an animated tv show based on the children's book series Busytown called The Busy World of Richard Scarry

    There was also a mystery solving themed Canadian show to teach deductive reasoning.

    Busytown Mysteries

    Thorny_Insight , in TIL: There was an animated tv show based on the children's book series Busytown called The Busy World of Richard Scarry

    It was among the best shows when I was a kid

    brbposting , in TIL: Amazing Process of Cutting Gigantic Volcanic Glass to Make Crystal Balls

    Thumbnail looks dope, here’s the URL without Google’s shady little tracker if you wanna edit it in:

    youtu.be/lX128vFCsqo

    Edit: this is so cool

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