• Flummoxed@lemmy.today
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    1 day ago

    I don’t feel like the swords picture is accurate… that looks like way more than 400 calories worth of swords…

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      Went on a crazy ride finding a definitive answer. Just counting the metal parts, zero calories… But Its possible the leather wrap on the handle could add up to 400

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        24 hours ago

        Yeah, I mean, considering that those really look more like dirks or something, if it was real swords with leather-covered handles, my instinct is that #1: 400 calories would be more than one sword and #2: you would be dead before you could expend those calories. Did your research confirm that? I may need to take that research ride too.

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            Ooh… very good point! And the caloric value would depend on the quality of the sword’s overall craftsmanship. It is more likely that a fine swordsman for the king and his retainers would use a quality leather that would be well-oiled and certainly more supple, which would mean there is a direct correlation between the quality of the sword and its caloric value.

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      IDK, how are we counting? Digestible calories? I don’t think you are getting much energy from any amount of swords that you can fit in your stomach.

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        Well, I mean, that was kind of my point, I guess. Steel is clearly not digestible, but as the other commenter indicated, the leather on the hilts would be… sorta. And if we are talking logic here, is that a giant’s stomach, or are those tiny swords? Aren’t there other names for tiny swords? Like, dagger?

        The more I look at this image, the more I’m just shaking my damn head.

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    1 day ago

    I’ll stick to the oil, thanks. Maybe the chicken. Anything bigger and it just slides out that side hole! Talk about wasted calories.

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    I find existential horror just doesn’t fill me up. If anything, it makes me want to eat more.

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      24 hours ago

      You have to make sure you get the whole-grain existential horror: that refined horror stuff they are selling to kids these days is just empty calories.