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by questionfor 6y ago
after reading about some feats of strength exhibited by knights, I assume carrying your precious war horse back to safety wasn't completely out of the picture.
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by questionfor 6y ago
hmmm so monkey bars with 40-60lbs load. That's really impressive and something you have to actually train for. I guess they did train that movement specifically (in armor etc.), because it's not something you could just randomly d
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by questionfor 6y ago
I don’t have children, but am curious - wouldn’t signing boys up to some kind of martial art solve it? It’s a well structured aggression, good exercise and there would be hardly any space for any kind of bullying there
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by questionfor 6y ago
> climbing siege ladders like a pair of monkey bars while wearing their armor. So without legs? Just pure hands?
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by questionfor 6y ago
> When they lost their horse, they fought their way back to their own side and got on the next horse. Oh interesting, so it was basically expected? Not a force majeure? I always thought losing a horse back then was a really big event for
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by questionfor 6y ago
Would the knight even have access to “bad” carbs / sugar in significant enough amounts to make them so fat that they’d be unfit for combat? It’s not like they can just get another carton of Pringles to finish off the dinner
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by questionfor 6y ago
On the other hand participating (and surviving) in just one real battle would set the knight miles above anyone who is just physically strong from working the land.
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by questionfor 6y ago
with an airsoft gun probably :)
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by questionfor 6y ago
Barbara Tuchman’s “A Distant Mirror” portrays feudal wars as essentially raids to kill some of your neighbor’s peasants rather than your neighbor (who was most likely your relative)
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by questionfor 6y ago
I always wonder how much a liability a horse was during medieval combat. Sure speed and maneuverability are great but up close it seems that horse is quite vulnerable to attacks on the legs for example with long bladed weapons. You can’t re
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by questionfor 6y ago
People who suggest that knights could be defeated by peasants in one-on-one or even one-on-many combat often overlook that many (or most?) knights spent their time practicing how to kill people in combat. Peasants on the other hand were bus
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by questionfor 6y ago
I am seriously considering putting together a tiny trackpad to have it located someplace between the two halves of my Sinc. It does seem there are some tiny trackpads for sale, but in the end they all seem a bit too big. I really just want
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by questionfor 6y ago
Is Theragun noticeably better than, say a plastic roller?
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by questionfor 6y ago
Guys if you are in the market for split keyboards and can operate a soldering iron, the endgame is Quefrency 2 (60%, you actually don’t need more) or Sinc (TKL I think - without the numpad but with macro row) from keeb.io with Zilent switch
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by questionfor 6y ago
What’s the most reliable non-NVME SSD for consumers?
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by questionfor 6y ago
> Remember those days people used to make pre agreed arrangements, and just make the communication acknowledgements though missed calls? Can you elaborate how did that work? I never heard about this method
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by questionfor 6y ago
What was wrong with Karabiner Elements? I am using it and am curious what are the downsides
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by questionfor 6y ago
Evolution is a really good game that stays true to its name and creates really fun situations at the table It’s also reasonably confrontational but not curt-throat, so you won’t be ruining relationships over it, but won’t be playing multipl
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by questionfor 7y ago
Can you share what is the right vocabulary for example? I have DDG as main engine for the phone and unless it’s Wikipedia level question, I have to use g!
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by questionfor 7y ago
Use the hierarchical system I. Roman literals for big topics 1. Arabic for lesser subjects A. For extra clarification - for notes You can expand it further, but these are usually enough. Got this one in university ba
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by questionfor 7y ago
> My wife is, after 3 weeks, still really ill. It should be illegal to go to work sick with easily transmittable diseases.
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by questionfor 7y ago
If this commenter opened with “I do not believe in climate change” many people here would have saved time and not responded to this quasi-trolling
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by questionfor 7y ago
Can you name any of the latest generation SSRI? Would taking them in this case make sense if there is no depression etc. Not seeking medical advice just want some perspective