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Or, before manned flight and other technological possibilities, riding a fearsome apex predator was the big power fantasy

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skulblakareply
sh.itjust.works

Showing up to a battle without swinging dong is just leaving free psychological warfare on the table.

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lemm.ee

Riding into battle without any armour, as vulnerable as being nude, is also an old power fantasy element seen in quite a few myths and stories

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lemmy.world

Pretty sure Jesus himself used to ride on bears back

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Nah, he used to ride his apostles "bareback". But I see how you might confuse the two.

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There are certified theological records that show Jesus only rode dinosaurs. Bears hadn't evolved yet.

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I would like to point out the bears are themselves also naked. Bunch of hypocrites!

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