142 points

Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords as a basis for a system of government.

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Strange woman here, anyone knows where I can buy swords in bulk, preferably with a pond thrown in? It’s for… a personal project.

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Are we to believe that famous actress Margot Robbie doesn’t have some sort of connection for bulk medieval weaponry?

I am shocked and dismayed.

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Have you tried your local Swords 'R Us? I hear there’s a July 4 blowout sale this week. Use promo code Pond50 for half of your pond!

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5 points

something something ‘watery tart’ something.

You know how to kill any party? Start quoting Monty Python.

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15 points

He’s being oppressed! Come see the violence inherent in the system!

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You sound like a moistened bint to me. Care to decree some governmental officials while you’re here?

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6 points

Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of science?

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What has Monty Python ever done for us?

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The woman = Amy Coney Barrett

The pond = DC swamp

The sword = Official acts

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72 points

Guillotines.

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That wasn’t really a thing in medieval times. I’m afraid an axe will have to do.

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14 points

Trebuchet?

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12 points

Of course! It’s the superior siege engine.

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4 points

Imagine using this for execution

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First used in ancient China around IV century BC.
We can get tripantium though, advanced evolution of it invented in XIII century France.

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It’s okay, we’re getting rid of history lessons too!

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It was an instrument used by the burghers in bringing about the end of European feudal lordship, replacing the feudal mode of production with the capitalist one.

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This might fit in mediaeval times, with the earliest possible recorded use in the 13th century, but it’s certainly not well-known until the early modern period and most famous right on the border between early and late modern.

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4 points

And the billionaires will be the first to try it out!

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2 points

Sic semper tyrranis

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1 point

It goes Yah

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70 points

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I dunno, that was invented to make beheadings more humane…let’s go back to an axe.

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11 points

That’s not cool man…

They said medieval, that is way too late.

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66 points

Guillotines obviously.

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guillotines are renaissance era.

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38 points

Giant shirtless executioners then, I guess.

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I’ll take the entrails of a priest.

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12 points

See, that kind of back talk puts you first in line for the period-inaccurate execution.

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4 points

Coinciding (by happenstance no doubt) with the fall of monarchies.

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4 points

Does it matter if they are meant specifically for the ruling class?

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57 points

Beheading kings.

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