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[–] salvaria@lemmy.blahaj.zone 147 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I liked the story about the "very high" runes and so I found a source. Apparently, the writing was "Tholfir Kolbeinsson carved these runes high up".

[–] bangsnooter@lemmy.zip 71 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Souls players have been around for centuries.

Try finger but hole

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Best use of a time machine ever, carve that in ancient Norse runes for future people to find.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Nah, go further back and carve next to all kinds of fossils the word "dog"

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

Especially the trilobytes

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Finally, we'll know where the word came from!

[–] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Thing is, unless we first found it way later, people would just think they're referencing the runes.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

"Nooo, we were trying to spread the meme, not destroy it!"

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago

Do it next to something only discovered within the last few years

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

Kolbein must've been so proud.

[–] dessimbelackis@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago

Attaboy Tholfir