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Is this a 16th-century smartphone? (lemmy.world)
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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 25 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Looks like a flip book made of gold. Flip those pages fast enough and it animates the stars moving across the sky!

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago

I suspect it's brass or just gold plated. Gold on it's own would not be particularly durable. Unless this was meant to be like those spinny clocks grandpa had on his window sill- purely decorative.

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago

I suspect it's a steampunk necronomicon.

[-] ryannathans@aussie.zone 10 points 6 months ago

50kg flip book

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

If a page comes loose it could chip your spectacles.

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