▲ 371 ▼ Rock a bye baby on top of the tree, When the wind blows the cradle will YEET ♪ (i.imgur.com) submitted 2 years ago by justlookingfordragon@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 13 comments fedilink hide all child comments (shamelessly stolen from an imgur dump)
[–] seathru@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) This is more of a catapult. A vastly inferior siege engine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] csfirecracker@lemmyf.uk 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Excuse me, the meme very clearly specifies it is a form of ballista since it works off of bent spring power permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hobovision@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago The meme is fucking wrong. Catapults and ballistas are different, not because of how they store the energy, but how the throw the projectile. A catapult throws it off a holder and a ballista shoots in down a track. It's a goddamn catapult. I will not tolerate factual inaccuracy for the sake of a funny meme. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] csfirecracker@lemmyf.uk 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Excuse me, the meme very clearly specifies it is a form of ballista since it works off of bent spring power permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hobovision@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago The meme is fucking wrong. Catapults and ballistas are different, not because of how they store the energy, but how the throw the projectile. A catapult throws it off a holder and a ballista shoots in down a track. It's a goddamn catapult. I will not tolerate factual inaccuracy for the sake of a funny meme. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hobovision@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago The meme is fucking wrong. Catapults and ballistas are different, not because of how they store the energy, but how the throw the projectile. A catapult throws it off a holder and a ballista shoots in down a track. It's a goddamn catapult. I will not tolerate factual inaccuracy for the sake of a funny meme. permalink fedilink source parent
