this post was submitted on 13 Dec 2024
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The Internet in Ancient Times

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Welcome to the stone age... or the bronze age... or the iron age... heck, anything with an 'age' is welcome, except our modern age or any ages to come.

This is about what the internet was like thousands of years ago back when it all started. Like when Darius the Great hired mercenaries via Craigslist or when Egypt invented emojis.

CODE OF LAWS

1 - Be civil. No name calling, no fighting, keep your flint hand axes inside your leather pouches at all times.

2 - Keep the AI stuff to a minimum. It gets annoying and old fashioned memes are more fun for everyone.

3 - None of this newfangled modern 21st century nonsense. We don't even know what "21st century" means.

4 - No porn/explicit content. The king is sensitive about these things.

5 - No lemmy.world TOS violations will be tolerated. So there.

6 - There is no ~~rule~~ law 6.

Laws of justice which Hammurabi, the wise king, established. A righteous law, and pious statute did he teach the land. Hammurabi, the protecting king am I. I have not withdrawn myself from the men, whom Bel gave to me, the rule over whom Marduk gave to me, I was not negligent, but I made them a peaceful abiding-place. I expounded all great difficulties, I made the light shine upon them. With the mighty weapons which Zamama and Ishtar entrusted to me, with the keen vision with which Ea endowed me, with the wisdom that Marduk gave me, I have uprooted the enemy above and below (in north and south), subdued the earth, brought prosperity to the land, guaranteed security to the inhabitants in their homes; a disturber was not permitted. The great gods have called me, I am the salvation-bearing shepherd, whose staff is straight, the good shadow that is spread over my city; on my breast I cherish the inhabitants of the land of Sumer and Akkad; in my shelter I have let them repose in peace; in my deep wisdom have I enclosed them. That the strong might not injure the weak, in order to protect the widows and orphans, I have in Babylon the city where Anu and Bel raise high their head, in E-Sagil, the Temple, whose foundations stand firm as heaven and earth, in order to bespeak justice in the land, to settle all disputes, and heal all injuries, set up these my precious words, written upon my memorial stone, before the image of me, as king of righteousness.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

in texas you can only own 3 of these

[–] TehBamski 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I've always wondered a few things since I learned about this years ago.

  1. How the hell would they even enforce this? (Let alone, why would they care to?)

  2. If for some random reason, an officer found that you had more than three dildos in your possession, couldn't you claim that you're borrowing or holding onto the extra from/for a friend or friends?

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

the assumption is the same for drugs over x quantity. youre attempting to distribute something they do not like.

texas is into hardcore sex regulation. its the reason for homophobia, anti-trans and all manner of sex-positive industries.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Hey officer, I'm just holding these drugs for a friend.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I think this is going to be pretext to bust up bathhouses, sex clubs and shops.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

I put a dildo in its mouth & use it to grind spices, it's in the kitchen most of the time.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Looks like a coconut...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

It both looks like the slrunkliest lil fella and also like it has seen the inside of a blackhole.

I want one.