▲ 1820 ▼ incredible (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by neutralbipolar2@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 255 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] SineNomineAnonymous@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 years ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Tavarin@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Bring a live translation device, and program it with whatever the expected language is. That alone would be magic to them. And you don;t need to go to a copper mine, there were markets for processed copper. Pulling it into wire is just a case of roughly forming it into a cylinder, then pulling that cylinder through successively smaller holes. A local smith could help you with that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago And then hope they don't kill you for being a witch. permalink fedilink source parent [–] pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyz -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) You literally could just go dig some yourself while they're away and procure it that way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cogman@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) What do you think copper ore looks like? What tools would you use? Ancient mining was a punishment, generally a death sentence. It's hard work often overseen by a slave master. Copper ore isn't concentrated copper either a lot of ore goes into a little copper. There's a reason only the really wealthy had copper items. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago It's amazing what some people here think would be such a simple task in the ancient world. permalink fedilink source parent [–] pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 years ago Well, in this scenario we'd presumably have our electronic devices with us anyway, so it's honestly a moot point. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tavarin@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Bring a live translation device, and program it with whatever the expected language is. That alone would be magic to them. And you don;t need to go to a copper mine, there were markets for processed copper. Pulling it into wire is just a case of roughly forming it into a cylinder, then pulling that cylinder through successively smaller holes. A local smith could help you with that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago And then hope they don't kill you for being a witch. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago And then hope they don't kill you for being a witch. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyz -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) You literally could just go dig some yourself while they're away and procure it that way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cogman@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) What do you think copper ore looks like? What tools would you use? Ancient mining was a punishment, generally a death sentence. It's hard work often overseen by a slave master. Copper ore isn't concentrated copper either a lot of ore goes into a little copper. There's a reason only the really wealthy had copper items. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago It's amazing what some people here think would be such a simple task in the ancient world. permalink fedilink source parent [–] pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 years ago Well, in this scenario we'd presumably have our electronic devices with us anyway, so it's honestly a moot point. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cogman@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) What do you think copper ore looks like? What tools would you use? Ancient mining was a punishment, generally a death sentence. It's hard work often overseen by a slave master. Copper ore isn't concentrated copper either a lot of ore goes into a little copper. There's a reason only the really wealthy had copper items. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago It's amazing what some people here think would be such a simple task in the ancient world. permalink fedilink source parent [–] pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 years ago Well, in this scenario we'd presumably have our electronic devices with us anyway, so it's honestly a moot point. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago It's amazing what some people here think would be such a simple task in the ancient world. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 years ago Well, in this scenario we'd presumably have our electronic devices with us anyway, so it's honestly a moot point. permalink fedilink source parent
