I love how the english longbow was so heavy it messed up peoples anatomy

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ceenote@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 230d (6 replies)

Longbowman? The fuck is a man?

Glytch@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 230d

The fuck is a man?

A miserable little pile of secrets, but enough talk... HAVE AT YOU!

kogasa@programming.dev · 7 pts · 230d (2 replies)

Longbowoman

WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com · 18 pts · 230d

Longbowfighter

ralakus@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 230d

LongbOwOman

Ziglin@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 230d

Hoo-mans are weird wobbly bipeds, better described as ugly bags of mostly water.

DoctorPress@lemmy.zip · -1 pts · 230d
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railway692@piefed.zip · 5 pts · 230d
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 230d (3 replies)

Using a heavy bow mostly strains the back muscles though. If you're mostly using your arm, you're doing it wrong.

spittingimage@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 230d (1 reply)

Okay dude. Now draw it.

Klear@quokk.au · 6 pts · 230d

I can't. Too weak back muscles.

ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.website · 23 pts · 230d

The skeletons of longbowmen feature oversized bones in the drawing arm with knockon effects to the shoulders, and ribcage these guys were absolutely asymmetrical