this post was submitted on 03 Oct 2024
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Wtf kinda monument points down???

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

This is just the result of obelisk re-education programs on their subjugated worlds

The monsters fight for freedom

[–] [email protected] 96 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

anon: "Why do building go up from the ground?"

Also anon: "Must be aliens!"

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago

You mean ancient people saw dinosaur bones and imagined the same sort of monsters, and build their roofs to ward off rain?

Say it ain't so!

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

See also: the true terror of the mollusk horde

(Each word is a different pic)

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

In an agricultural society, I can see why this would get painted.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Aliens… /s

[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Without seeing the art, I can think of a few explanations.

  1. The artist is drawing a concept, say an epidemic/disease, as a monster to make it easier to communicate. From what I understand aincient art is often very symbilc, which would fit this very well.
  2. Propaganda, the ruler wants art that shows them as powerfull, strong, and fighting/killing a sky monster is a powerfull message without angering neighbouring leaders into a real conflict.
  3. Fiction/immagination, today works of fiction are very common, so why not in the past as well? Someone painted something just because it looked cool, is that so unresonable?
[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Also, pointy roof make rain and snow fall down better than non-pointy roof. Also, monument point up, because making monument point down makes it fall over.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

The more things change the more they stay the same.

[–] [email protected] 85 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

oh hey it's my lock screen!

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago

Hammond of Texas was a good man.