• null@lemmy.org
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    11 hours ago

    Now let me tell you about how this “wizard” interacting with these hobbits is a direct violation of the prime directive. We’re talking the introduction of gunpowder to a wholly agrarian society.

    • PuddleOfKittens@sh.itjust.works
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      3 hours ago

      Gunpowder in wholly agrarian societies is normal. In fact, the majority of gunpowder’s existence has been in agrarian societies! Gunpowder has been in Europe since the ~1400s, but the industrial revolution didn’t start until the ~1800s! (You could maybe drop that date back to the 1700s due to waterwheel factories, but then I could drop gunpowder back to the 1100s in China)

      When the conquistadors invaded Aztecs/Incas in the 1500s, they were shooting guns handmade by blacksmiths with wrought iron from charcoal-powered forges.

  • BillyClark@piefed.social
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    11 hours ago

    I used to be like this. If I started drinking, my filter would start to let the 90% of alternatives I usually rejected before saying anything pass through.