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Those are pieces of an onyx chess set. I used to have that exact set. Here's an example from ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/276268677793?itmmeta=01HQGDMT5HNWBF8YNWTDN1Q1D5
340 0 ReplyAmazing. 4 minute answer for something very specific. Truly incredible.
117 0 ReplyDamn, I thought they were dalek's
30 0 ReplyDalek to Queen's Rook 5. Exterminate.
23 0 ReplyWell now I can't unsee that, dammit
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Explain the apostrophe. What am I not seeing?
3 0 ReplyLots of people believe that the s character is dangerous and has to be segregated using apostrophes or it will attack the others and eventually destroy the alphabet.
The origins of this belief currently remains mysterious.
13 0 ReplyLot's of people believe that the s character i's dangerou's and ha's to be s'egregated u's'ing apo's'trophe's or it will attack the other's and eventually de's'troy the alphabet.
The origin's of this belief currently remain's my's'teriou's.
FTFY
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Sign of Lemmy gaining traction.
11 0 ReplyI had it immediately as well, just clicked to see if my answer was needed. I still have the set in a box somewhere.
10 0 ReplyYeah, this new AI is getting better and better!
8 0 ReplyEveryone is a bot except for you
15 0 ReplyI am not a bot, I am hooman just like you. I also do not consume oil or require batteries inserted in my anus, just like all of us normal hoomans.
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Beat me to it, I had/have a similar set my parents got me on a work trip back in the 90s
17 0 ReplyI assumed they were chess pieces. Don't have this set, never seen it before, but glad my instincts were right.
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Now the question remains… what are they doing in a parking lot. And only some of them.
11 0 ReplyChess 2.0 won't need them. OP missed it's inventor by mere minutes.
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Same. I think I got it on a spring break in Mexico. I vaguely remember quite a few people having them.
5 0 ReplyI wonder what would be future historians' guess as to what those are/were, 2000+ years in a future where a "great loss of knowledge" happened.
3 0 ReplyWe've worked out ancient gaming pieces, and sometimes been able to figure out rules for long dead games.
4 0 ReplyUsually context is necessary for archeology. Finding these next to a parking lot wouldn't be very helpful.
6 0 ReplyWe've worked out everything about this ancient game however we are still figuring out how playing around cars played a role in the game
6 0 ReplyWait until they find the travel Scrabble pieces!
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I keep a Royal Game of Ur on my desk. Lol.
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Something something "fertility ritual", most likely.
3 0 ReplyWow, what way do YOU play chess?!
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Someone with anger issues just have lost their game
2 0 ReplyYep, it was/is a popular style of chess set pieces in Central America/Mexico ostensibly mostly for tourists.
Had a marble/onyx set that likewise, my folks got in Mexico before I was born. My grandma cast a replacement pawn out of plastic when one broke so we always had this super lightweight and off color pawn.
1 0 ReplyI also have the exact same set. Black and white.
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