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tarikjn | 2 years ago

The equivalent today would be 3Dbenchy boats -- "we found an identical boat toy design in multiple sites made of different plastic materials, colors and sizes. It is spread universally around the World cities, found in sites of crafts, leading us to believe it is an idol of a new 21st century religion predominant among workers of the arts and crafts"

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pinko|2 years ago

Along these lines, if you haven't ever seen it, check out _Motel of the Mysteries_ by David Macaulay. (Yes, that David Macaulay!)

hiatus|2 years ago

A Canticle For Leibowitz touches on a similar theme.

PhasmaFelis|2 years ago

I remember "reading" that as a kid, when I was too young to really understand the text, and thinking it was a horror story.

RcouF1uZ4gsC|2 years ago

If you try hard enough you could probably come up with some resemblances to male/female parts and thus classify this as belonging to a fertility cult.

taneq|2 years ago

"Yes yes the dodecahedron was considered a 'perfect' shape so this clearly represents a 'perfect' uterus surrounded by many ovaries, signifying overwhelming fertility." :P

bertil|2 years ago

“Also —and this didn’t make sense to us either— it doesn’t float, and there’s no engine. Our best guess is that it’s meant as a comment on the fulity of life.”

1970-01-01|2 years ago

3D printed plastics only last a few centuries. Future archeologists are not going to find these in thousands of years.

altairTF|2 years ago

In the joke world they will, along with the lost of all current knowldge of what the 3D boat is

nextaccountic|2 years ago

In a few decades, 3d printed metals and other long lasting materias might be accessible to hobbysts

taneq|2 years ago

Time to cast a Benchy in aluminium using lost PLA!

Geee|2 years ago

It might also be considered as a proof of very small humans who were known for sailing in their small boats.