Some googling shows this painting to be Una Pareja (A Couple) by the Spanish painter Benito Belli in 1884. This doesn't matter all that much but I had intended to use that information to get the average weight of a woman from that time and location. Wasn't particularly successful but still wanted to add that in here.
I started from a trebuchet simulator with values that got a 90kg projectile roughly 300 meters. Assuming a weight of 60kg (and pretending a shape of .5 meter diameter sphere), she'll travel over 400 meters.
Lots of assumptions here but the short version is that while the fling may be quick, it's still pretty serious.
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I like how you think
Glad I'm not just amusing myself here.
C/theydidthemath
I think doing math would imply a more solid understanding of what's going on and a reasonable process. All I'm doing is feeding things into a search engine and flipping switches on somebody else's simulation.
c/trebuchetmemes
I see that he's using the superior pickup line.
Turns out it's just a little plastic one from an old Crossbows and Catapults game.
