Hirtius
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Slinging Rocks!
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The opening description of this website might be a bit much. It makes a lot of claims that are quite off or lacking a lot of context. Likely humanity’s first projectile weapon? We don’t know that. I don’t know where the 250 mph claim came from, or if we should be saying “ the weapon’s supremacy as the premier, personal, long-range weapon was not supplanted until the 15th century”, because that’s kind of silly. Even if you were running with the word “personal”, it still wouldn’t make sense and is giving people an incorrect perception. I know we don’t like people’s assumptions about the sling, but we shouldn’t counter it with exaggerations of our own.
I feel like this front page texts should remove all such claims, and just stick to the basic description of what a sling is. Leave the capabilities of the sling up for exploration, so they don’t get disappointed by exaggerated claims up front.
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