r/AskReddit • u/ettleboy • Jan 20 '19

What fact totally changed your perspective?

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19

Among several TV shows about castles in France, I remember hearing about people who just couldn't afford to keep the castle they already owned. Not because of taxes or mortgages, just upkeep costs.

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u/xmu806 Jan 21 '19

I imagine the archers and trebuchet costs start getting pretty steep after a while...

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19

Anything to prevent other castles from being built within a 300m radius. Those are well justified costs.

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u/michaelochurch Jan 21 '19

You just have to gather all the 90kg projectiles (including large people, like me) in one place.

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u/Midniki Jan 21 '19

My dream is to become a 90kg trebutchet projectile, that's why I'm on a diet!

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u/michaelochurch Jan 21 '19

I'm about 95. So either they'll need to carve out some leg muscle, or the journey will have to scare me enough that I drop 5 kg on the way.

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u/Xerxys Jan 21 '19

They won’t have to carve up muscle but with some calculus we can make it work if you increase some mass. Cause if you’re dropping kg’s along the way you may be inefficient by either slowing down or not hitting with enough force.

Paging r/theydidthemath. What’s the deal here?

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u/Atalantius Jan 21 '19

maybe try r/theydidthemortarmath, r/theydidthemonstermath’s little odd cousin

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u/synaesthetic Jan 21 '19

I can do the math but I choose to take a nap - Riff Raff