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[sspacegodd]

WHAT THE FUCK ARE THESE THINGS?

In the Roman Empire, from Wales to the Mediterranean, about 100 of these things have been found and are, and still nobody knows what they are.

"Called 'dodecahedrons' after their shape, which is a dodecahedron, and so easily gave them the model for things that look like dodecahedrons. Each one is a hollow stone or bronze object, 4–12 centimeters (1.5–5 in) in diameter, with 12 flat pentagonal faces and holes of varying sizes on each face. Small knobs protrude from each corner.

"While the Romans were usually obsessive and meticulous about keeping written records about anything and everything they did, nobody has ever seen an owner's manual, found a definitive list or descriptions of these objects. The closest we have is Plutarch, who is not an object, just human, who had bought a store whenhe had flashed on the genius of 'reading the stars' for college kids. He could peek at the stars and render detailed 12X12 charts of each student's personal reading, roll them up and tie them with a bow, and place a box of them at each register, oh, and call them a punchy, "HOROSCOPES" for the average Roman citizen, who reportedly thought the mysterious scrolls were at least some sort of zodiacal instrument."

A Roman dodecahedron is a small hollow object made of bronze or stone, with a dodecahedral shape: twelve flat pentagonal faces, each having a circular hole in the middle which connects to the hollowed-out center. Roman dodecahedra date from the 2nd or 3rd centuries CE. Which makes it so fascinating that ancient Romans call them dodecahedrons, which happens to be our exact word for them we use in today's new geometry.

About a hundred of these dodecahedra have been found[1] from Wales to Hungary and to the east of Italy, with most found in Germany and France. Ranging from 4 cm to 11 cm in size, they also vary in terms of textures. Most of them are made of bronze but some also seem to be made of stone.

The function or use of the dodecahedra is unknown; no mention of them has been found in contemporary accounts or pictures of the time.

Speculated uses include:

candlestick holders (wax was found inside one example)

dice

fib widget

Knitting

survey instruments

devices for determining the optimal sowing date for winter grain

that they were used to calibrate water pipes, and army standard bases.

It has also been suggested that they may have been religious artifacts of some kind. This latter speculation is based on the fact that most of the examples have been found in Gallo-Roman areas, some have promoted the idea it's an ancient sex toy, often a frightening form of ....... dildo.

Are they for playing Cat's in the Cradle? Is it a bootscraper?

[risingsunresistance]

you guys can see this too bc even tho i was wrong i think it's funny

[helpimsleepdeprived]

invisible string theory 2009-2024

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

All he knows is flirt with men and lie.

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[katabay]

some sam drakes :)

nate's theme 4.0 came up on my playlist while I was working on commissions and oh boy. that piano line about a minute in to it still gets me emotional shshdshs

[azurityarts]

LET ME HEAR SOME B R A S S

I am once again praising the 3D PMD games for blessing my ears with sweet strings, woodwinds, and brass

[xinyuehui]

Don't tell anyone I gifted you anything!

Love Game in Eastern Fantasy · 2024

[deadboydoodling]

red string theory

[codename-adler]

the nerve of Jean Moreau, a FRENCH man, judging Andrew’s cheese drawer… superb

[lordzuuko]

We all got that 4th Secret Ending which is the real happy ending, right? When Pinocchio remembered who Romeo was? :') Print

[dykedvonte]

I just realized some people are confused about events in the alluded to past in Mouthwashing, particularly about how long the crew has been working together.

The only person who is truly new is Daisuke and it’s why his dynamic with the crew and role in the story is very unique and somewhat distant. Curly didn’t just get Jimmy this job on the Tulpar, he got him the job with the Pony Express. He’s been his copilot for probably a couple of years but still not as long as they’ve been friends. None of them are new with the freight industry, Anya and Swansea especially have been doing this for years, together.

Jimmy is the newest on the regular crew, maybe just a few assignments, but it’s not his first time working with them. I think it’s just something important because this isn’t just one bad mistake that snowballed with giving Jimmy the job. None of them thought Jimmy would do anything, no matter how off-put by him they could’ve been, since he hadn’t done a thing since being there. Generally unpleasantness isn’t a crime and he’d be aware of that.

It was a festering thing and a sort of forced trust they had to give him that he knowingly took advantage of. He was the black sheep and still a wolf under the wool. He expected when he lashed out, that he had been there long enough for it to be looked over completely. Got too comfortable in the space he inserted into and did a lot of damage with his claws when he felt he was going to get shaken out.

[deadliestpieceontheboard]

can't stop thinking about Kayleigh Day. she moved to Japan for a sports management exchange program and made up a batshit insane sport. her best-friend was yakuza and apparently she had no clue. she was non-monogamous and had lovers all over the world. she had no family. she had kevin. she was fierce enough to spread exy internationally in half a decade. david wymack loved her more than she ever could love him. she became a legend but died before she could ensure women in exy were heard. the team spirit award is named after her. the best player in the world is her son. we know nothing of her but her name.

[sweeneydino]

[sapphoherselz]

hi do you ever wonder if wyamack EVER met the Foxes before their time? I'm talking any age, any time in their lives, especially the ones where they really needed a paternal figure to help them out or get them out of trouble?

like he goes grocery shopping and sees this quiet kid trying to stuff as much food in his pockets wo being noticed? but David of course does and the kid is already taking a step back, looking at him with pure terror in his eyes as if he's seeing just another person that can hurt him but of course that doesn't happen. what does happen is that david offers to pay for anything the kid wants and then starts asking question like that's one nasty bruise you got there, want to tell me what happened? and then out of nowhere the boy's mother appears and starts tugging the kid away in a not very gentle manner and David tries to interfere but they're hurriedly walking away before he can get the words out of his mouth (he has to physically stop himself from going after them because that would just frighten the kid more)(he goes back to the same grocery store at the same hour for an entire month, hoping to find this short kid hiding somewhere and maybe tell his mother exactly where she can put her hands)

or maybe he's walking home late at night and sees this kid sitting on the sidewalk and he approaches cause shouldn't you be at home? wouldn't your parents worry? do you want to give them a call, you could use my phone but the kid tenses so much that David takes several steps back and starts talking about everything under the blue sky trying to get him to calm down. when that eventually happens, they end up sitting (with some comfortable distance) next to the other in utter silence, until the kid goes "I don't want to go home" and David is like. okay. we can stay here for as long as you'd like. the night is young and I have snacks in my pockets. did I tell you already that I'm an exy coach? what do you mean you don't know what exy is- no I'm not making that up, it's a job and I have it! they even pay me for it! (he ends up falling asleep in a sitting position and wakes up alone, the marble next to him having long gone cold) (he doesn't even remember if he had managed to make the kid smile or if his eyes were playing tricks on him) (if he starts walking home later than usual just to sit on a lonely sidewalk for hours then it's his business and no one else's)(and yes he does bring with him all of the snacks he thinks the kid would like) (no he didn't spend minutes choosing them)

like something something the red string theory something something everyone is always connected something something

[silksongeveryday]

Drawing Hornet everyday until Silksong comes out - Day 374

Requested by @/sunsetcannon !

tried to make it a little more interesting by altering their outfits a bit to look more like the other’s

[crowberri]

[In Stars and Time] good game... made me very emotional

(I was bored in class lol

-> more sketches under the cut, contains spoilers from act 4 and onwards

too lazy to clean the mal du pays sketch aeaeaea orz