• @[email protected]
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    2181 month ago

    They could have placed the funnel anywhere else in the illustration, but they chose not to.

    • Lath
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      To make it look as uncomfortable as it seems.

  • @[email protected]
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    Alternate caption:

    Most people dont know that boofing was actually invented by archaeologists researching Pompeii. Justice Kavanaugh was unavailable for comment.

    • @[email protected]
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      61 month ago

      It’ll always be plugging to me.

      Also, why does the article only talk about alcohol? Seems like a huge oversight, given how easy it is to rectally absorb other stuff besides liquid.

      Like ecstasy.

  • @[email protected]
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    401 month ago

    When I first started reading this I was thinking it would end up being some Pompeii didn’t happen denial craziness ha

  • Diplomjodler
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    281 month ago

    What happened to the bones? How did they know there was a body there?

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      In the article someone linked below I found this section :

      Archaeologists preserved the newly discovered remains using a variation of a technique developed by Italian archaeologist Giuseppe Fiorelli in 1863. The process involves pouring liquid chalk into cavities left by decomposing bodies; this plaster fills gaps in preserved bones and teeth, creating a cast of the bodies as they looked at the moment of death.

      So you find a cavity with bones and other remains in there and use it as a mold I suppose? They probably were excavating the city from the ash cover and when they found something that could be remains of a human they stopped digging and used said techniques to preserve the remains.

      • @[email protected]
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        221 month ago

        Sure, but that’s the “social” part of social media. Without discussions like this, we’re just left with Karens complaining and politics.

      • @[email protected]
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        171 month ago

        “Almost certainly” means that you are not sure. You could make sure by looking for them, but instead you chose to complain on social media.

        • @[email protected]
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          You also could have done that, but you chose to get upset about me not doing it instead.

            • @[email protected]
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              Okay, so you’re not upset, but still didn’t bother to find the answers for him.

              Let’s just say you did decide to answer him though, what would be the very first thing you step you’d take? Would it be “type those questions into a search engine”?

              I understand asking questions when answers might be complex or you’re actively involved in a conversation with someone knowledgeable, but I’m tired of this deliberate helplessness on social media.

                • @[email protected]
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                  Read the damn article before commenting.

                  You, 46 minutes ago. I guess wanting people to make a token effort instead of demanding to be spoon fed is only a problem when I do it.

    • @[email protected]
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      221 month ago

      There are! The mix they used destroyed a lot of it, but you can find online many x-rays that show where the bones really are.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 month ago

        Well that answers my question about whether today’s archeologists would have done the same thing: nope.

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    Archaeologists preserved the newly discovered remains using a variation of a technique developed by Italian archaeologist Giuseppe Fiorelli in 1863. The process involves pouring liquid chalk into cavities left by decomposing bodies; this plaster fills gaps in preserved bones and teeth, creating a cast of the bodies as they looked at the moment of death.

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/remains-two-men-one-rich-and-one-enslaved-found-pompeii-180976383/

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      51 month ago

      Was it a matter of some good timing that these casts were able to be made? That is, with enough time, wouldn’t the voids/cavities themselves likely collapse with the gradual shifting of the soil?