• ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world
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    > ruins combat
    > ruins warfare
    > ruins swordfights
    > ruins hand-to-hand combats
    > ruins an entire fucking combat doctrine
    
    Gunpowder, and its consequences...
    
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      Now if we develop an even more powerful explosive that will make wars so horrible, then people will undoubtedly stop making war, right?

      * Anakin unfazed *

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      the bayonet was a bigger game changer at the time

      didn’t need to bother with pikemen any longer as riflemen could be both

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        When putting text into ``` […] ```, do ```md […] ``` instead, then some formatter will display your meme-arrow texts in green.