Post An0yPiBMxZBA3Z7Wj2 by robotistry@sciencemastodon.com
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(DIR) Post #An0rrT6ttKvhjyJoQa by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-10-14T23:59:11Z
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@btanderson I assume this is what it's like for the Brits when I talk about baseball. That was surreal. I have learned nothing.
(DIR) Post #An0sDZ1yYl1KTQYDxI by parsingphase@m.phase.org
2024-10-15T00:03:06Z
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@futurebird @btanderson Explaining conker would be like explaining slood.
(DIR) Post #An0sGycnrGqqikP79U by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-10-15T00:03:47Z
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@parsingphase @btanderson Oh. Ok. Got it. *nodding* (still not understanding anything)
(DIR) Post #An0suAKkG8GoKQe0NE by parsingphase@m.phase.org
2024-10-15T00:10:48Z
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@futurebird @btanderson They're a buckeye-like nut that kids (usually) put on a string and slam into each other's, winner being the one who breaks the other's nut. Or, being kids, into each other's knuckles. Every kid knows 12 different ways of rigging a conker before they enter secondary school, yet cheating in an *official* competition is just Not The Done Thing. It's a mystery that ESPN haven't picked it up yet.
(DIR) Post #An0xWQbkbFQLch6Bv6 by ramsey@phpc.social
2024-10-15T00:14:43Z
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@btanderson @futurebird This is the most British thing I have ever read, and I don’t know what I just read.
(DIR) Post #An0yN2qPgNNNGn2xea by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-10-15T01:12:02Z
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@celesteh @parsingphase @btanderson sapphic oil? Like from lesbian poetry?
(DIR) Post #An0yPiBMxZBA3Z7Wj2 by robotistry@sciencemastodon.com
2024-10-15T01:01:59Z
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@parsingphase @futurebird @btanderson (Still confused. Look up "buckeye". Find "soapberry". Remain confused. Discover that they're basically chestnuts. No longer confused by what kind of nut, but still extremely confused about *how you attach the string without the nut just sliding out when you swing it*.)
(DIR) Post #An0yPilWn86Pri2P5M by parsingphase@m.phase.org
2024-10-15T01:03:13Z
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@robotistry @futurebird @btanderson Stick a hole through the middle of it and tie a knot underneath
(DIR) Post #An0yPjUC73pc6Ew4hs by robotistry@sciencemastodon.com
2024-10-15T01:11:43Z
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@parsingphase @futurebird @btanderson Getting this straight. You take a perfectly good, edible nut. You drill a hole through it(with what? does orientation matter? how big a hole? does string type affect the hole? are there professional conker strings? what about string length? is there a relationship between string length / hand-eye coordination / success?)then smash it until you break someone else's nut.And get ... bragging rights?
(DIR) Post #An0yPkCrQzYoKlpkKO by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-10-15T01:12:31Z
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@robotistry @parsingphase @btanderson To be fair it makes as much sense as every other sport.