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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 67 points 8 months ago
[–] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 48 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Happened at Kent state, I believe. There was an old story from Inuits about a man who was being forced off his land, so he refused the leave, and they took all of his gear and clothing, hoping he would go with his family rather than freeze to death. He then allegedly pooped, fashioned it into a knife, and killed a sled dog for the hide so he could survive.

The story was recorded by a reputable person (though probably told to him by Inuits that thought it was hilarious). In order to prove it was possible, or not, this experimental archeology lab tried it out. Hilariously enough, they tried to do it while on a regular "western" diet, as well as an "inuit" diet of mostly fish and very little fiber.

[–] uis@lemm.ee 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] jaden@lemmy.zip 11 points 8 months ago
[–] aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

Says in the title (post) lol

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 45 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] THE_MASTERMIND@feddit.ch 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I miss confessions like that which were available for plenty in reddit.

[–] Tristaniopsis@aussie.zone 17 points 8 months ago

What a shitty piece of research.

[–] N0body@sh.itjust.works 9 points 8 months ago

Did they even try using poop from an Ivermectin user? My roommate's uncle's fourth cousin made a poop knife out of his Ivermectin shits and killed 3 census workers with it. This is why no one trusts Big Science.

[–] Khrux@ttrpg.network 8 points 8 months ago

90% sure I read about someone doing this about a decade ago. It was the joke of my friend group for weeks after.

[–] raynethackery@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Should this be cross-posted to Lemmy Shitpost?

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 2 points 8 months ago
[–] Engywuck@lemm.ee 7 points 8 months ago

Now, download the paper and read the "Materials and Methods" section, if you dare.

[–] analog@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Poison damage

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 6 points 8 months ago

The replication crisis is way too real.

[–] Donkter@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Wouldn't anything like the theoretical poop knife just be an ice knife with less structural integrity?

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Depends on the diet. If they ate enough fiber, it could be similar to pykrete.

[–] Rinna@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

We should send it to that Japanese knife making YouTube channel.

[–] Lath@kbin.social 3 points 8 months ago

Silly. Prison shanks mix paper and plastic with poop, not just poop alone.

[–] SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

According to this one YouTube channel, knives made of other exotic materials like jello or underwear may be effective though

[–] fidodo@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago
[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's real. I posted it in here at some point. The supplemented pictures are amazing.

[–] platypus_plumba@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

So... why is this even being researched? I'm sure there's a good reason... please tell me there s a good reason.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 points 8 months ago

For funsies. It won a Darwin.