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PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago

Early surviving diving suit for ship and cargo salvage, Finland, 18th century AD

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Early surviving diving suit for ship and cargo salvage, Finland, 18th century AD

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PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago
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    This suit looks loose but the extra space was needed to accommodate the enormous set of balls it required to sink into the ocean in that thing.

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    Why the mouth hole like dat

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      Historians don’t like telling people this, but they were primarily used as gimp suits to keep tensions from rising on the ship.

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        Banned for betraying trade secrets

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          The people need to know the truth!

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      Presumably, there would be a hose connected to it.

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      Smoking

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    BANANAMAN

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        Wow, this unlocked an old memory!

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            Nostalgia heaven!!

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    Look Mr bubbles, an angel!

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    Looks like a cousin of necropants.

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      The pants were dead

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      Well I, for one, welcome the cousin of our new necropants overlords!

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      There’s a party in his fucking tummy, and now he has to dive in that?

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    I’m playing Silent Hill 2. When do I meet this one?

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    Bananas, in pyjamas, are coming diving down the sea…

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    It’s nice to look back to see how far we’ve progressed

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    Oh look it comes with the original diver.

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    https://vocal.media/history/raahe-wanha-herra-the-old-gentleman-of-raahe-the-world-s-oldest-surviving-diving-suit

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    its that they based that one fortnite skin of.

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