• NaibofTabr@infosec.pub
    English
    118·
    2 个月前

    Listen, strange women wadin’ in ponds ‘n’discoverin’ swords’s no basis for a system of government!

      • Maiq@lemy.lolEnglish
        57·
        2 个月前

        You can’t expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!

    • Geobloke@lemm.eeEnglish
      28·
      2 个月前

      No offence, but it might be better than the situation we have

      Also - what kind of swallow are you referring to?

      • Ziglin (it/they)@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        2 个月前

        This one’s a crossbreed but based on it’s coconut carrying abilities it seems to best resemble what one might expect from an African swallow.

      • fakeman_pretendname@feddit.ukEnglish
        27·
        2 个月前

        For international readers, that’s:
        1 handed = ~1.3kg
        2 handed = ~2.7kg
        Zweihander = ~4.5kg

        Other measurements:
        Thinkpad P14 laptop (approx 1.6kg / 3.5lbs)
        1 handed = 0.8 Thinkpads
        2 handed = 1.7 Thinkpads
        Zweihander = 2.8 Thinkpads

        Average cat (~4kg / 8.8lbs)
        1 handed = 0.3 cats
        2 handed = 0.7 cats
        Zweihander = 1.1 cats

        Tin of Heinz Baked Beans in Tomato Sauce (420g / 0.42kg /0.93lbs)
        1 handed = 3.1 tins of beans
        2 handed = 6.4 tins of beans
        Zweihander = 10.7 tins of beans

      • entwine413@lemm.eeEnglish
        21·
        2 个月前

        Yeah, go grab a 5lb weight and go swing it around. It’s not easy to do for long.

        • Mesophar@pawb.socialEnglish
          9·
          2 个月前

          No one said it doesn’t take skill, practice, and strength to wield it through a battle, or that you wouldn’t get tired doing so for long enough. But it isn’t too heavy for a child to pick up.

    • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
      22·
      2 个月前

      The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that this little girl was to carry Excalibur. That is why she is now our Queen

      • JoshCodes@programming.devEnglish
        6·
        2 个月前

        Listen. Strange children wading in ponds discovering swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

    • Lorindól@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      13·
      2 个月前

      I visited a museum where there you could handle exact replicas of the swords and maces they had on display. The edges were blunt and the short chains they were attached to were bolted to the stone floor, so no one could steal them or do any damage with them.

      But if you knelt down, you could get the feel of wielding them in action. One handed sword was really light and even my then 13-year old son could handle the two handed one.

      I had read that they weren’t heavy, but I was still very surprised how light they actually were.

    • njm1314@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      2 个月前

      Nah not really. Video games try to make big weapons seem super heavy because it needs to be done for balance usually. But you don’t want your weapons heavy. Heavy weapons are slow. Slow people are dead.

    • macmacfire@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      2 个月前

      This is a common misconception from their depictions in the movies showing the characters treating them like hammers, both in terms of how they swing them and sometimes in terms of how they hit enemies with the blade never cutting anything.

      • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
        25·
        2 个月前

        “I told you, we’re an anarcho-syndicalist commune. We take it in turns to act as sort of executive officer for the week but all the decisions of that officer have to be ratified at a special bi-weekly meeting by a simple majority in the case of purely internal affairs but by a two thirds majority in the case of more”

  • MuchPineapples@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    2 个月前

    Obligatory Excalibur isn’t the sword in the stone that made Arthur king, it’s the sword the Lady of the Lake gave him. Caliburn made him king.

    • Rusty@lemmy.caEnglish
      6·
      2 个月前

      Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

  • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
    6·
    2 个月前

    Ahh damn, send her to the US to take charge. Never through this day would come.

    …

    please?