• Signtist@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    I’m just waiting for some guy to come forward and explain that he’s been locating dig sites ahead of archeologists for years and planting these around just to fuck with them.

    • Maalus@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      No need, it’s been solved basically. You knit gloves with them. Or rather the fingers. They are only found in colder climates / up north. There are videos of people using replicas of them to knit gloves.

      • Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        9 months ago

        There’s not a scientific consensus on that. It’s a good theory, but stating it as an accepted fact is inaccurate.

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          9 months ago

          “It’s been solved basically

          Almost always translates to “This is the theory I like most so it’s the answer I’ll run with.”

        • friendofafriendofafriend@lemmy.world
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          9 months ago

          I feel like the point isn’t that it MUST have been used for knitting (even if it could have been), but that we should be open to more possibilities before defaulting to a religious explanation.