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[–] SuckMyWang@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Testing neck braces too

[–] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 year ago
[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

RIP that dude's neck.

[–] jayemar@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

That's a heck of a photo given what they had to work with in 1912!

[–] basketugly@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Nice bs pop shove.

[–] Grayox@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

CTE go brrrr

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Ah, so this is when the cybermen were created.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Remember back then it was more like rugby. *Forward pass was introduced in 1906, maybe this is why they're testing helmets.

[–] Olap@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No helmets in rugby still though!

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

There are, don't know which levels wear them. They are simple padded helmets. Good for jostling, not for collisions.

[–] Olap@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Scrum caps. Worn at all levels. Padding around the ears to prevent caulie lug

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Hard helmets are forbidden in rugby.

[–] SquiffSquiff@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sadly almost certainly a fake photo. Issues with how you'd get such a sharp image of anyone in motion in 1912 aside, look at the shadows and see where the light is coming from:

  • Our boys with the hats are lit from the right
  • The slats on the building are lit from top right

Now look at battering ram's helmet, especially where it meets the wall. Where's the shadow? Where would you expect the shadow to be?

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I want some of what you're smoking. The lighting source looks 100% consistent to me. Literally the right side of everything is consistently illuminated. I would expect to see battering ram's helmet shadow to be against the wall. There it is. Also, battering ram isn't in motion. He's definitely stopped moving at this point.