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submitted 10 months ago by Stamets@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world

Hella unlikely they were used to knit gloves

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[-] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 36 points 10 months ago

The default bucket that archeologists throw stuff into if they really don't know is "religious object".

[-] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago

Oftentimes, that’s a sort of inside joke. If it’s even remotely probe-shaped, they assume it was used for sex. But since that doesn’t look nice on academic papers, they’ll use “ritual” as a euphemism.

Seriously, archeologists find a lot of ancient dildos.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Maybe 50 years ago. Don't think there's as much holdup now.

[-] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Gotta disagree, I bet they're still finding great-great-great-[...]-grandmother's dildos (or -grandfather's, who knows?) and they hold up just fine, all things considered.

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

It's obviously a symbol of power!

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