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It's 03/18/2026. Hey, What's Going On! (lemmy.world)
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It is not Saint Patrick's Day.

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[–] pedantichedgehog@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

More weapons fun fact: in ancient Japan (at least in some eras), the naginata was traditionally used by (largely upper-class I think?) women.

I like to believe this means that at some point, someone looked at this weapon that's basically a sword on a bigass stick and went "ah yes, the epitome of femininity". If I'm wrong, nobody tell me.

[–] groucho 2 points 1 day ago

The sword is nasty. We must put it on a long pole so it is away from the woman. -- some Japanese guy, probably.