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Historical Artifacts @lemmy.world PugJesus @lemmy.world 2w ago

Early surviving diving suit for ship and cargo salvage, Finland, 18th century AD

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This suit looks loose but the extra space was needed to accommodate the enormous set of balls it required to sink into the ocean in that thing.
Why the mouth hole like dat
- Historians don't like telling people this, but they were primarily used as gimp suits to keep tensions from rising on the ship.
  
  Banned for betraying trade secrets
- Presumably, there would be a hose connected to it.
- Smoking
BANANAMAN
- Wow, this unlocked an old memory!
Look Mr bubbles, an angel!
- There’s a party in his fucking tummy, and now he has to dive in that?
Looks like a cousin of necropants.
- The pants were dead
- Well I, for one, welcome the cousin of our new necropants overlords!
I'm playing Silent Hill 2. When do I meet this one?
Bananas, in pyjamas, are coming diving down the sea...
It's nice to look back to see how far we've progressed
Oh look it comes with the original diver.
https://vocal.media/history/raahe-wanha-herra-the-old-gentleman-of-raahe-the-world-s-oldest-surviving-diving-suit
its that they based that one fortnite skin of.

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