Microblog Memes

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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

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submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/microblogmemes

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[–] Num10ck 1 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

im pretty sure Japan didnt even use boots.

[–] finitebanjo 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm not sure, but they definitely had cattle so they probably used some kind of spur.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Per wikipedia:

In England, the rowel spur is shown upon the first seal of Henry III and on monuments of the 13th century, but it did not come into general use until the 14th century.

Rowel spurs being the spinning wheel kind. Most spurs were more like bird talons on the back of your boot.

I.e. shit for throwing.

[–] finitebanjo 1 points 3 weeks ago

Alright but it wasn't until 3 centuries later that Ninja were popularized, so...