Roman Dodecahedron Knitting Tutorial

Historians: We found these mysterious items we called "Roman Dodecahedra" in certain parts of the Roman Empire. After a lengthy study and research we experts came to the conclusion that they are religious objects or possibly astronomical devices calculated to calculate a precise date to sow seeds in the ground. Which is coincidentally the exactly same purpose as we determined for megalithic structures and 31 583 other things we found... Youtube Grandma: (picks one Dodecahedron up, turns it slowly in her hand, observing it) Where did you say you found those... Dodecahedra? Historians: Well, mostly in the north and near mountain ranges. It's a complicated device, you wouldn't understand. Youtube Grandma: How to knit a glove finger with a model of a Roman Dodecahedron. Knitting with a Roman Dodecahedron

Историки представляют римские додекаэдры как загадочные религиозные или астрономические устройства, а бабушка на YouTube сразу понимает их практическое применение. Шутка высмеивает псевдоисторические объяснения неизвестных артефактов: сложный древний предмет оказывается приспособлением для вязания пальца перчатки. Такой мем отправляют, когда кто-то приписывает обычной вещи слишком глубокое или мистическое назначение. EN: Historians present Roman dodecahedra as mysterious religious or astronomical devices, while a YouTube grandma immediately understands their practical use. The joke mocks pseudo-historical explanations of unknown artifacts: the complicated ancient object turns out to be a tool for knitting a glove finger. This meme is used when someone assigns an ordinary object an overly profound or mystical purpose.

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