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It's mad how I thought I was severely depressed as a teenager. Now I know that was nothing.

klaushargreeveses

PRINCESS MONONOKE (1997) dir. Hayao Miyazaki

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It's just one thing after another. Make the mistake of mentioning an apprenticeship I was applying for to my best mate, he applies and his girlfriend puts in a word with her uncle who's a manager so now I'm still stuck in a job I no longer enjoy. Work calls compulsory overtime so I'm losing every Sunday for the next 6 weeks including working 11 days straight; and the one thing I was looking forward to, a new car, gets crashed while I'm on my way to pick it up.

skunkmallow

people are cowards about fantasy settings and not including some things in em. I get the aversion to not wanting too modern of tech, however dwarves would invent and fucking love metal folding chairs

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They invented them as a weapon first then later discovered their use as a seating option

elidyce

Not that that isn’t funny, but consider this:

Everything built by every other species is always *too high*. So they had to invent a small, portable folding ladder in order to avoid the embarrassment of having to ask for help.

Which was metal, obviously, for strength and durability and making it useful as an impromptu clubbing weapon.

And then one dwarf looked at his ladder one day, and thought “y’know, if I put a seat on this, it could do *three* things,”

caffeinewitchcraft

Carrying around a folding chair would become a symbol of ambassador dwarves or adventurer dwarves. Some might even dispense of traditional weaponry since the folding chair is multi-use and doing so lightens packs

“My dad wanted me to bring an axe,” the young dwarf says. They rolls their eyes, adjusting the strap of their folding chair along their back. The sunlight gleams off its reinforced back. “Like, get with the times, you know?”

avita-creator

The chairs become more and more multipurpose, especially in their military. Before long, the chairs can serve as shields, shovels, workbenches, and other items that are usually too cumbersome to bring separately. They become known as Dwarf Army Chairs.

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Every new function requires some new innovation to make it work. Dwarves become well known for their durable, tiny hinges, seamless welds, and impeccable forges, even moreso than before.

Eventually opening a Dwarf Army Chair to the desired tool becomes akin to solving a puzzle box. Dwarves develop the new reputation of being exceedingly clever and tricky which baffles them since they’re not doing anything differently.

“I only asked you to set up the work bench,” the dwarf says, baffled. They look between the party leader and the ten foot catapult set up in the middle of the clearing. “We can’t prepare dinner on that.”

The party leader, sweating and outraged, laughs without humor. “Really?! You don’t think so?!”

The dwarf’s brow furrows. “No,” they say slowly, “because that’s a catapult.”

The party leader’s scream echoes through the woods. Luckily, when the scream attracts a winged beast, they already have a catapult set up to take care of it.