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xkcd #3251: Time Machine Conversation

Title text:

It's possible to do sea navigation without a compass, but you'll have to get some spoilers from the Polynesians.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3251/

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[–] sundray@lemmus.org 17 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Uh... it's a hard, dead bird that you nail to a chariot so you don't slide so much when you make sharp turns... 😰

[–] MrKoyun@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

...We will now proceed to publicly decease you on the account of being too smart. We don't like that.