@allan @tinker I like the theory that it's a tool for surveying, so...

@crazyeddie @allan @tinker
https://permies.com/t/235263/Knitting-Glove-Roman-Dodecahedron

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It seems to suggest that as a society they worshipped petroleum and all its byproducts.

@fennix @tinker but for that conclusion they will find plenty of evidence including a sediment layer with micro plastics showing excessive use.

@prefec2 @fennix @tinker

nah, plastic materials will be long gone. all that remains is a geological layer of concrete and chicken bones 🤣

@fennix the vast majority of benches is from poly lactic acid. It's 100% made from sauerkraut @tinker

@licho @fennix @tinker Sweet!
*eats the benchy boat*

@tinker Correct

@jmax @tinker yeah, this is pretty ritualistic

@tinker the rite of initiation

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I actually wonder about the anthropologists who have to unearth and explain anime figurines to future generations.

@nosaj @tinker Obviously idols of the Fertility goddesses. File under ritual/religious items.

@tinker A token for the sea god Aquaman described in the religious texts of the Justice League.

@tinker "These civilisations never lost their love of little green dragons. We found the larva-stadium of one."

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I think you might have just solved the Roman Dodecahedron mystery 😂

It's a Roman 3D Printer Test!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_dodecahedron

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No, it was definitely used in sexual rituals!

@tinker last weekend I visited a kids'-centric crafts fair and both traditional crafts and 3-D printed physical puzzles and toys were there, and my inner child went *nuts*.

If anyone GenX or older remembers the 70's era heavy molded Disney figurines (I had these), that was what spawned my nostalgia.

@corq - Oh that's wonderful!

@corq @tinker I haven't seen Jiminy Cricket in ages. The memories are starting to flood in.

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To be buried with one shows honorable nobility

@tinker which is not entirely false

@tinker probably an offering to the sea god, either the god Atlantic or the goddess Pacifica.

@tinker The Totem of Untrying

@tinker if only it wasn't biodegradable!

Sure they say it's not as biodegradable as it seemed initially but I seriously doubt it will last >100 years. Maybe only in conditions suitable for storing paper books

@tinker a forbidden relic

@tinker a votive offering to crave security for one's ships away on the oceans.

@tinker oh this is like the teapot for 3d rendering, but for printing?

It's cuter, not that I don't like the teapot

@davey_cakes @tinker Basically, yeah. Kind of a stress test/showcase.

@tinker Is this tugging on my heart strings, or do I miss Jimmy Buffet too much?

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Which is not wrong.

@tinker someone has bought a Creality 3d printer 😁.

@tinker fertility goddess, obviously.

@tinker all hail

@tinker Isn't printing a Benchy with a new printer a ritual? 🤔

@tinker This is basically the premise behind Motel of the Mysteries (which left a strong impression on me as a child) https://i.abackstrom.com/share/2026/09/mysteries.pdf

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...And Steamboat Willie was some sort of powerful deity.