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minus-squareGork@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 months agoI think I’d rather be shot or droned in today’s warfare than stabbed to death like in ancient times.
minus-squareteft@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·4 months agoWar sucks in any century. There were and are dozens of ways to die instantly and dozens of ways to die long slow agonizing deaths. That was true then and it’s true now. Fallout says it best: War never changes.
minus-squarebobo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoThe major difference is in when you might die, ancients didn’t face a constant threat of gruesome death.
minus-squarePickleideas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoImagine winning a sword fight and then getting tetanus because you got grazed
minus-squarenul9o9@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 months agoSliced to peices by swords, beaten to death with warhammers and maces.
I think I’d rather be shot or droned in today’s warfare than stabbed to death like in ancient times.
War sucks in any century. There were and are dozens of ways to die instantly and dozens of ways to die long slow agonizing deaths. That was true then and it’s true now. Fallout says it best: War never changes.
The major difference is in when you might die, ancients didn’t face a constant threat of gruesome death.
Imagine winning a sword fight and then getting tetanus because you got grazed
Sliced to peices by swords, beaten to death with warhammers and maces.