[HN Gopher] Snowball Fights in Art (1400-1946)
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       Snowball Fights in Art (1400-1946)
        
       Author : pepys
       Score  : 71 points
       Date   : 2021-12-08 21:42 UTC (3 days ago)
        
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       | duxup wrote:
       | Here is a snowball fight in film from 1896:
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       | https://youtu.be/AjToVdbPxbw
        
         | roter wrote:
         | And the Napoleon snowball fight is in the 1927 film [0]
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         | [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napol%C3%A9on_(1927_film)
        
       | bruce343434 wrote:
       | War... War never changes
        
       | celeritascelery wrote:
       | Did nobody own gloves until the modern age?
        
         | z3t4 wrote:
         | The temperature needed to make snow balls is relative high
         | (around 0 degrees Celsius) if you are used to -15C, and snow-
         | ball-war is a physical activity which will make you warm. And
         | you are more efficient without gloves.
        
           | mc32 wrote:
           | Evenso fingers get pretty cold quite quickly. I would have
           | thought they'd have at least knitted mittens.
        
             | duxup wrote:
             | Look man that guy over there has a snow ball and is ready
             | to use it... we don't have time to worry about cold
             | fingers!
        
         | duxup wrote:
         | Not sure about the availability of gloves with five fingers. If
         | you're going to make a snowball you want to have your fingers
         | free.
        
         | Bayart wrote:
         | Before the invention of sewing machines (19th c.), I assume
         | gloves were either quite expensive or very simply made (simple
         | woolen mittens).
        
       | rtkaratekid wrote:
       | The photo of the Princeton students is honestly a little
       | terrifying. It looks like they just had a boxing match.
        
         | globalise83 wrote:
         | The line between snowball fight and iceball fight is a thin
         | one.
        
       | divbzero wrote:
       | > _"A Republican--Democratic snow battle at the Capitol. Page
       | Boys", 1923_
       | 
       | Maybe that's how congressional leaders should resolve their
       | differences.
        
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