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[-] TootSweet@lemmy.world 21 points 6 months ago

My mother got really interested in these things a while ago. I think she mostly buys into the glove-knitting theory. Whatever the case, I 3D printed her a model of one and it's sitting on the mantle over her fireplace.

[-] drolex@sopuli.xyz 43 points 6 months ago

Archaeologists in 2000 years will be puzzled again. "Plastic dodecahedra found near broken mantelpieces, what could it be used for? Anyway I made one out of technetium for my grandma"

[-] nxdefiant@startrek.website 19 points 6 months ago

"It was probably either religious in nature, or used for deciding when to put seeds in the ground"

[-] ringwraithfish@startrek.website 18 points 6 months ago

"Many same-sex friends had these. We believe it was a sign to show they were just roommates"

[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

possibly used to start the primal source of heat called fire

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 months ago

I 3D printed her a model of one and it's sitting on the mantle over her fireplace.

That kinda hints to it not being very useful then...

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