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

  • Dolores [love/loves]
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    8 months ago

    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.

    • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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      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 [she/her]
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      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)