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Timeline reading "All ties" from the far left until "Invention of scissors, -3000". Then it's reading "Rock advantage" until a second marker called "Invention of paper, -179". The final description from there to the far right reads "Balanced".

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[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For a more exiting game of rock/paper/scissors, play for 5 points, each win 1 point, except if you win with rock, thats give you 2 points.

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

That actually sounds fun! I first thought it's a joke but it sounds like meta strategy.

Actually it's just strategy but meta makes it sound cooler so meta strategy it is.

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 year ago

Now do Snakes and Ladders

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

For obvious reasons, the scissors weren't added until the discovery of metal in the Iron Age.

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Blastasaurus@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

Except paper

[–] ludrol@qoto.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@emidio I choked on my saliva reading this.

[–] emidio@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry, shall I make another meme for you to spit it out?

[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Memes are for swallowers!

Invention of shotgun ~1500s

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