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Re:To kill mammoths in the Ice Age, people used planted pike... by kjkjadksj on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @01:48PM (#41370509)
Well yeah, the training between the two 9 year olds is entirely different. One was taught to fend off lions the other was given an ipad and youtube.
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Re:To kill mammoths in the Ice Age, people used planted pike... by bcrosby95 on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @01:56PM (#41370614)
The same is probably true for most kids the last 100 (or more) years. When I was 9 I was busy training to hit balls with a stick.
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Re:To kill mammoths in the Ice Age, people used planted pike... by kridsdale3 on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @02:34PM (#41371114)
That still makes you far more of a warrior than Jimmy Roblox.
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Re:To kill mammoths in the Ice Age, people used planted pike... by rolph on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @02:23PM (#41370966)
bo staff, or baseball bat?
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Re:To kill mammoths in the Ice Age, people used planted pike... by bcrosby95 on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @05:03PM (#41373016)
Baseball bat. I didn't know people used a bo staff to hit balls.
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Re:To kill mammoths in the Ice Age, people used planted pike... by HeyLaughingBoy on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @05:10PM (#41373084)
Well...
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Re:To kill mammoths in the Ice Age, people used planted pike... by bcrosby95 on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @11:28PM (#41375646)
Lol. That didn't even register at first. Whoosh.
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