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Immersion-breaking (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/historymemes@lemmy.world

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[–] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Leithio i philinn!

[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 238 points 1 week ago (29 children)

Props to the movies that shout the "Loose!" command

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[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 134 points 1 week ago (11 children)

Or that they're holding the bow drawn for a long period of time, waiting for the order to "fire".

Long bows averaged a 200lb draw weight. Try holding that for 5 minutes.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 146 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Archers of the day:

[–] bjorney@lemmy.ca 149 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Literally - you can pick out English longbowman bodies from the shape of their skeletons

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[–] voodooattack@lemmy.world 130 points 1 week ago (23 children)

Loose!

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