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Saw these weird statue-like things in a parking lot (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/whatisthisthing

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[–] stratusfear 354 points 1 year ago (33 children)

Those are pieces of an onyx chess set. I used to have that exact set. Here's an example from ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/276268677793?itmmeta=01HQGDMT5HNWBF8YNWTDN1Q1D5

[–] Stamets 116 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Amazing. 4 minute answer for something very specific. Truly incredible.

[–] Unlocalhost 29 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Damn, I thought they were dalek's

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

Dalek to Queen's Rook 5. Exterminate.

[–] Stamets 14 points 1 year ago

Well now I can't unsee that, dammit

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

dalek's

Explain the apostrophe. What am I not seeing?

[–] AnUnusualRelic 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Lots of people believe that the s character is dangerous and has to be segregated using apostrophes or it will attack the others and eventually destroy the alphabet.

The origins of this belief currently remains mysterious.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Lot's of people believe that the s character i's dangerou's and ha's to be s'egregated u's'ing apo's'trophe's or it will attack the other's and eventually de's'troy the alphabet.

The origin's of this belief currently remain's my's'teriou's.

FTFY

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