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[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 months ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Gromit mug, innit?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago

Why would you not choose the obviously superior Gromit mug?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

it's always so wild to see ancient art being realistic, and then you look at medieval art and it's just..

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

God damn it fossil you are on a fucking roll these memes slap butt (in a good way)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Interesting how much the ancient mug looks like modern dog breeds. I would've expected them to look more wolfy.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The domestication of wolves happened between 15000 and 40000 years ago. That mug is “only” 2400 years old.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

It's largely because I'm not sure to what extent breeds existed in the ancient world but I suppose considering the time spans involved I shouldn't be surprised.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

doggy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

c/SocialScienceMemes

(Does this exist? It deserves to exist, if for no other reason than to encourage heated debates over where psychology memes should go)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I guess for thousands of years we’ve been looking at our dogs and thinking ‘that’s kinda neat, I would like more things to remind me of you’.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Like, drinking out of it's head.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

"History is written by the victors." - what I immediately thought of.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The 4th Century BCE Greek Mug™ Dog's face expression is subtle anthropomorphism at its finest.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Nah, that's your typical doggy side-eye, very much species specific. You'll see it several times a day.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

How much radically different were you expecting people living then to be? Running around at 90 kph in magical celery shoes? People living much further back were memorializing their hands on cave walls and we do much the same but with canvas and other media.