Or maybe just no depictions of it.
Also, “pants” being a piece of leather wrapped around.
What a time in history...
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monkdervierte@lemmy.zip@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
eyes@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Makes sense, I know from hard one experience experience you can’t carve bones into pants. At least not ones that are comfortable.
bunnybunny@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
I always listen to Spotify naked
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 days ago Pants were a bad idea anyway.
BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Horses maybe?
- Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 days ago
Maybe just don’t put the rope post thing on the front of the saddle where you can smack your nads against it. 🤷♂️
Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Never seen horses with pants.
db_null@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Party
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Golden age
SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 2 days ago
So all the dancing then was cheek to cheek?
I’ll just show myself out.
k0e3@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Anyway, here’s Wander Balls.
smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago But we’ve always had the skin flute.
ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world 2 days ago
Rock concerts were a completely different experience back then
arctanthrope@lemmy.world 2 days ago 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 2 days ago
They just don’t want us to have the oldest flute
BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Another lie brought to you by big New Flute.
WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 2 days ago
The flute was probably modeled after male anatomy. After all, they are played in a similar fashion.
Dookieman12@piefed.social 2 days ago
There’s a reason they call it “playing the skin flute”
Jax@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Bones last longer than organic fibers?
This is still a funny meme, though.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 days ago Yeah but what if the pants were polyester
nialv7@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Raves back then must’ve been wild
Dookieman12@piefed.social 2 days ago
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 2 days ago
Which side does the penis and balls go in?
Dicska@lemmy.world 2 days ago
You assume they both go into the same one.
Dookieman12@piefed.social 2 days ago
Neither. They go in the codpiece.
Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 2 days ago
One ball each side and your penis hangs out as a form of either pride or as a means of intimidating your enemies.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Or could it be that bone preserves better than textiles?
Willy@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
We got us a scientist here.
- HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Who says early pants weren’t made of penis bones
wander1236@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago It does say “indication” which would probably include more than just literal physical remains of pants, like drawings and statues.
ech@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
A better comparison would be the earliest known representation of a flute in similar context (statue, painting, etc)
arrow74@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
This is the correct interpretation.
Dookieman12@piefed.social 2 days ago
“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.
svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
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.
Complaint tablet to Ea-Pantsir
saltnotsugar@lemmy.world 2 days ago
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.
Hazel@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 days ago An absence of evidence isn’t evidence of absence, as they say.
Sumocat@lemmy.world 2 days ago According to The Flintstones, we had record players before pants.
human@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
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 2 days ago
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)
piconaut@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Historians commonly refer to this period as, “the good old days”.
freebee@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
“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].
danekrae@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Makes you think about how they transported it and/or played it.
human@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
Etiquette schools will have you hold a flute between your butt cheeks and walk to improve posture.
- HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 days ago
And toot the Jethro Tull classic Bouree to woo suitors
Dookieman12@piefed.social 2 days ago
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.
Dookieman12@piefed.social 2 days ago
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 2 days ago
Meanwhile in 2026 someone gifts me a pair of Nike shorts and they have no pockets
melsaskca@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Those damn flute ’n roll degenerate hippies! /s