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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago (2 children)

My mother got really interested in these things a while ago. I think she mostly buys into the glove-knitting theory. Whatever the case, I 3D printed her a model of one and it's sitting on the mantle over her fireplace.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Archaeologists in 2000 years will be puzzled again. "Plastic dodecahedra found near broken mantelpieces, what could it be used for? Anyway I made one out of technetium for my grandma"

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago (1 children)

"It was probably either religious in nature, or used for deciding when to put seeds in the ground"

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago

"Many same-sex friends had these. We believe it was a sign to show they were just roommates"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

possibly used to start the primal source of heat called fire

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

I 3D printed her a model of one and it's sitting on the mantle over her fireplace.

That kinda hints to it not being very useful then...