Post #3483191

2026-06-29 11:21 UTC

Jousting accidents are also traditional. Aristocracy on aristocracy violence without getting peasant soldiers involved. Would add some dazzle to the debate about abolishing hereditary power, wouldn’t it?

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@akareilly@hachyderm.io 2026-06-29 11:27

of course making toffs joust today would require leaving the horses out of it, too. Make the humans who think Jesus gave them vast swathes of real estate carry their own pointy sticks.

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@RealGene@hachyderm.io 2026-06-29 11:31

@akareilly@hachyderm.io I think we should renormalize duels, except make them fifty paces, and each party gets an AR-15 with a 20-round magazine.

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@onepict@chaos.social 2026-06-29 12:43

@akareilly@hachyderm.io Kinda feel that the cage match between Zuckerberg and Musk should have happened. Then we never let them out of the cage. 😏

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@errant@glaceon.social 2026-06-29 13:21

@akareilly@hachyderm.io And rich heirs killed by wild boar

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@ThirteenthWorrier@mstdn.social 2026-06-29 18:51

@akareilly@hachyderm.io I kinda thought we might have something going along these lines when all the rich folks started building submersibles.

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@HighlandLawyer@mastodon.social 2026-06-29 20:39

@akareilly@hachyderm.io Bicycle jousting...

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@babe@glitterkitten.co.uk 2026-07-04 20:01

@akareilly@hachyderm.io Finally a reason to make BMX jousting a legitimate sport

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