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We will NOT be taking about the dick cap and that is non negotiable folks

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[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 57 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Nanook@lemmy.zip 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] tino_408@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Who's the guy on the left / furthest from the camera?

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 45 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The only thing I want to talk about is the dick cap and that's not negotiable. What the hell is even the purpose of that? Just pure extravagance?

[–] BandanaBug@piefed.social 1 points 4 days ago

It is placed very far away so people who dig you up think you have a big schlong while secretly you had a micropenis.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I never even knew about a gold dick cap, but now I want to be rich, just so I can have one.

Do you think all those Sociopathic Oligarch walk around with gold dick caps? I'll bet they do. They certainly will after they hear about this.

I'll bet they'll want a whole collection of gold dick caps, with different designs and whatnot. Probably custom ones with their name engraved on it, maybe bedazzled with jewels. I'm going into the gold dick cap business, it's gonna be YUGE!

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lol thank you for this response. It made my morning better 😄

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago

"Hey, Baby, wanna see my gold dick cap? It's custom, on accounta it's big, if you know what I mean."

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

All the cool kids in the next life are doing it. Do you wanna be the only one in the underworld without dick bling? I didn't think so.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

An unfortunate smelting accident.

[–] archonet@lemy.lol 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

He must've really loved gold. The look of it, de tashte of it, de schmell of it, de TECKSHTURE.

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 27 points 1 week ago

I don't buy it, he asked them to place it lower to make it look bigger than it was.

[–] wieson@feddit.org 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Weird how all ancient people were skeletons.

But for real: was the axe stood up like that or was it just the axe head that was buried.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's why it had a gold cap on.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

🤔

😯🤣

[–] wieson@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Exactly. What would your guess be, why it was stood upright, skywards, instead of laying by his side like many other tools in burials?
Or was it just the axe head? I can imagine it being a cultural thing not to point the blade towards the deceased, so it's pointed towards his feet. But this position is a bit weird if it had a handle.

[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

My guess is that it was lying flat on top of him and when the wood decomposed and lost it's weight, the head rolled to the side.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've never heard of this guy but his album cover fuckin' SLAPS

[–] gnufuu@infosec.pub 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

MC what's left of a Hammer

[–] Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

The hammer was his penis.

[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

My biggest question is: why did the person have no teeth missing at death, did they die young?

[–] wieson@feddit.org 20 points 1 week ago

No refined sugars

[–] Kefla@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago

Could have died young, could have just been lucky. Tooth problems weren't quite as common before everything was full of sugar.

[–] mech@feddit.org 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Imagine how rich their family would be today if they had invested in ETFs instead of gold

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 week ago

They would own the world if they bought NFTs instead!!

[–] aphonefriend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Doesn't matter how much wealth you hoard, time will always win.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

yeah they all look pathetic as fuck with all their sparkly shit in their coffin, like thats all they ever had.

[–] Shameless@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

The OG goldmember?

[–] Nomorereddit@lemmy.today 9 points 1 week ago

The oldest art is a penis drawing

the dick cap

the legend of the golden glizzy was true

[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

also why does it look like beads of molten gold were poured onto it after it was already a skeleton

[–] Kefla@hexbear.net 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

To me it looks more like there were golden beads sewn into their clothes (and/or maybe a cloth draped over the corpse?) and obviously the cloth ceased to exist long ago.

[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I'm mildly surprised by the lack of rings.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Coins are much easier to smith than rings. Dunno about the cock-top. I've never tried to forge a thimble.

While I suppose you could make a mold and smelt the gold, and I know that gold smelts at a low enough temp they probably could have done exactly that, I don't know enough of the history of ancient smithing to know when we actually started smelt pouring.

Edit: upon closer inspection, I'm fairly certain that copper/bronze spearhead was smithed not poured.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Ah, but technically, all gold is quite old, of course.