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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The plow. The greatest of all inventions.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I personally feel the trebuchet is the pinnacle of engineering, which is the superior siege weapon.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Ah, but how did the designer of the first trebuchet have time to perfect their design? Someone else grew extra food for them. How did the farmer produce this surplus bounty? By using the plow!

But you're right, the trebuchet is indeed the superior siege weapon.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pff, where's my lever gang at?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They're fighting the inclined plane gang

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Screw them, they're going downhill.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

They're attached via an inclined plane wrapped helical around an axis.