Comment on During the 17th century Europeans constructed cool but unpractical weapons to use as diplomatic gifts.
Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
An axe isnt really a “gift”.
Any object you give someone else to keep is a gift.
Diplomats gift ceremonial shit all the time.
What i wanted to say is: In some cultures “gifting” an axe is a declaration of war.
In my family there’s a tradition that if you give a gift of a blade, you have to make the recipient pay a penny for it. Might be related somehow.
Yeah, it’s an old superstition that giving a knife as a gift will sever your relationship.
Is this one of those cultures?
Regency-era Austria or 4chan’s /pol/ board?
(In either case, no.)
ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 1 month ago
Any object you give someone else to keep is a gift.
Diplomats gift ceremonial shit all the time.
Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
What i wanted to say is: In some cultures “gifting” an axe is a declaration of war.
In my family there’s a tradition that if you give a gift of a blade, you have to make the recipient pay a penny for it. Might be related somehow.
too_high_for_this@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yeah, it’s an old superstition that giving a knife as a gift will sever your relationship.
Telodzrum@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Is this one of those cultures?
egrets@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Regency-era Austria or 4chan’s /pol/ board?
(In either case, no.)