Ok, but before pants, humans wore robes, kilts, loin cloths, all kinds of coverings besides just pants.
Also, fun fact, the reason why it's called a "pair" of pants is because each pant leg used to be a separate garment; they were held up together at the waist with a belt.
"Indications of humans wearing pants" doesn’t have to refer to an archeologist finding preserved remains of pants buried in the ground. It could refer to art depicting people wearing pants, writings where people are described as wearing pants, a receipt for the purchase of some pants, or even the discovery of tools that could be used for making pants.
I myself gave on account of you 19 pairs of trousers to the palace and Sumi-abum gave (likewise) 18 pairs of trousers, apart from the sealed document which we both handed over to the temple of Shamash.
For example, did you know that it's more efficient to push a giant stone car around from the center while sitting down than it is to just walk where you're going?
Alone? Probably not.
In group? It could be worth it for the weaker ones in the group. Or when carrying cargo it could be easier to push the roundish wheels than carrying it.
To be honest, if your knees or legs are bad or hurt in some way I can imagine it being more bearable sitting than walking, even with the extra weight
Probably in their pocket. Before being incorporated into clothing, "pockets" referred to small pouches that were cinched shut and tied to a belt. The term "pickpocket" was created during this time. It was common to use a small, sharp knife to cut and "pick" pockets right off someone's belt.
Hilarious if true. We always used to poke fun at rich kids by saying, "he walks around like he's got a stick in his ass" so it gives that expression an entirely new, arguably funnier, meaning.
there's actually some debate about whether that particular flute is actually a flute, or if those holes are from animal teeth
check out this video by an archaeology grad student for more info on the development of music and musicality (you can skip to 10:30 if you just care about flutes)
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Dookieman12@piefed.social · 100 pts · 36d
Ok, but before pants, humans wore robes, kilts, loin cloths, all kinds of coverings besides just pants.
Also, fun fact, the reason why it's called a "pair" of pants is because each pant leg used to be a separate garment; they were held up together at the waist with a belt.
holy_scroller@lemmy.zip · 29 pts · 36d
Which side does the penis and balls go in?
Dookieman12@piefed.social · 46 pts · 36d
Neither. They go in the codpiece.
holy_scroller@lemmy.zip · 22 pts · 36d
That's just an exhausting way to live. Toga makes more sense now.
danekrae@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 36d
A roughly semicircular cloth, between 12 and 20 feet (3.7 and 6.1 m)!
Exomis or tunic for me.
Dookieman12@piefed.social · 6 pts · 36d
Having donned a toga several times for Halloween, I can tell you, they're surprisingly comfortable and delightfully breezy for the undercarriage.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 36d
Which was a fish
Noite_Etion@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 36d
One ball each side and your penis hangs out as a form of either pride or as a means of intimidating your enemies.
Dicska@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 36d
You assume they both go into the same one.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 36d
What's this both
Dicska@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 35d
Fair. 'All three' would have been more correct. Throth.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 35d
Checking box D for "as many as you dare"
Zagorath@aussie.zone · 50 pts · 36d
Or could it be that bone preserves better than textiles?
Hazel@piefed.blahaj.zone · 40 pts · 36d
An absence of evidence isn't evidence of absence, as they say.
Dookieman12@piefed.social · 24 pts · 36d
"Indications of humans wearing pants" doesn’t have to refer to an archeologist finding preserved remains of pants buried in the ground. It could refer to art depicting people wearing pants, writings where people are described as wearing pants, a receipt for the purchase of some pants, or even the discovery of tools that could be used for making pants.
saltnotsugar@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 36d
Og bought pants today for one ooga, attached is the receipt, a sworn statement, and several paintings of Og wearing the heck out of these bad boys.
svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 35d
Complaint tablet to Ea-Pantsir
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 36d
Who says early pants weren't made of penis bones
ech@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 36d
A better comparison would be the earliest known representation of a flute in similar context (statue, painting, etc)
wander1236@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 36d
It does say "indication" which would probably include more than just literal physical remains of pants, like drawings and statues.
Willy@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 35d
We got us a scientist here.
arrow74@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 36d
This is the correct interpretation.
k0e3@lemmy.ca · 23 pts · 36d
Anyway, here's Wander Balls.
piconaut@lemmy.ca · 22 pts · 36d
Historians commonly refer to this period as, "the good old days".
freebee@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 36d
"I'm so sick, think I might have pneumonia" -"no worries, I got something that will make you feel better again!", [plays the flute for you].
Sumocat@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 36d
According to The Flintstones, we had record players before pants.
human@slrpnk.net · 15 pts · 36d
I learned so much from that show.
For example, did you know that it's more efficient to push a giant stone car around from the center while sitting down than it is to just walk where you're going?
NightFantom@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 36d
Alone? Probably not. In group? It could be worth it for the weaker ones in the group. Or when carrying cargo it could be easier to push the roundish wheels than carrying it. To be honest, if your knees or legs are bad or hurt in some way I can imagine it being more bearable sitting than walking, even with the extra weight
(I know I'm overanalyzing a joke comment)
SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 36d
So all the dancing then was cheek to cheek?
I'll just show myself out.
db_null@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 36d
Party
Jax@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 36d
Bones last longer than organic fibers?
This is still a funny meme, though.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 36d
Yeah but what if the pants were polyester
danekrae@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 36d
Makes you think about how they transported it and/or played it.
Dookieman12@piefed.social · 8 pts · 36d
Probably in their pocket. Before being incorporated into clothing, "pockets" referred to small pouches that were cinched shut and tied to a belt. The term "pickpocket" was created during this time. It was common to use a small, sharp knife to cut and "pick" pockets right off someone's belt.
ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com · 5 pts · 36d
Meanwhile in 2026 someone gifts me a pair of Nike shorts and they have no pockets
Dookieman12@piefed.social · 6 pts · 36d
Gotta save that 12 cents. Profits are only slightly higher than last year's
human@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 36d
Etiquette schools will have you hold a flute between your butt cheeks and walk to improve posture.
Dookieman12@piefed.social · 2 pts · 36d
Hilarious if true. We always used to poke fun at rich kids by saying, "he walks around like he's got a stick in his ass" so it gives that expression an entirely new, arguably funnier, meaning.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 36d
And toot the Jethro Tull classic Bouree to woo suitors
arctanthrope@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 36d
there's actually some debate about whether that particular flute is actually a flute, or if those holes are from animal teeth
check out this video by an archaeology grad student for more info on the development of music and musicality (you can skip to 10:30 if you just care about flutes)
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 35d
They just don't want us to have the oldest flute
BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 35d
Another lie brought to you by big New Flute.
ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world · 8 pts · 36d
Rock concerts were a completely different experience back then
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 7 pts · 36d
Pants were a bad idea anyway.
BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 35d
Horses maybe?
Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 35d
Never seen horses with pants.
some_random_nick@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 35d
Time to widen your horizons.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 2 pts · 35d
Maybe just don't put the rope post thing on the front of the saddle where you can smack your nads against it. 🤷♂️
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 35d
It also gives the cowboy somewhere to put his hand on while riding. Otherwise, you know where he'd put his hand if the pommel wasn't there.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 35d
Or maybe just no depictions of it.
Also, "pants" being a piece of leather wrapped around.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 36d
Golden age
smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 36d
But we've always had the skin flute.
nialv7@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 36d
Raves back then must've been wild
eyes@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 35d
Makes sense, I know from hard one experience experience you can't carve bones into pants. At least not ones that are comfortable.
melsaskca@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 35d
Those damn flute 'n roll degenerate hippies! /s
bunnybunny@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 35d
I always listen to Spotify naked
WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 36d
The flute was probably modeled after male anatomy. After all, they are played in a similar fashion.
Dookieman12@piefed.social · 3 pts · 36d
There's a reason they call it "playing the skin flute"