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[โ€“] How_do_I_computah@lemmy.world 34 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

That's a really terrible anecdote. Real life quantity group would find ways to do less and less for the same reward. You would end up with fifty pounds of clay with a fist shape indention. Call it a pot and be done.

[โ€“] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah, I highly doubt it happened.