dantheclamman@lemmy.worldM to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoRock paper scissors (ancient game known by many names in many cultures)en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down10
arrow-up191arrow-down1external-linkRock paper scissors (ancient game known by many names in many cultures)en.wikipedia.orgdantheclamman@lemmy.worldM to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square5linkfedilink
minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·13 days agoI had no idea the game dates to the Ming dynasty! I would have guessed it was 300 years old, not over 2000.
minus-squarepelespirit@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·13 days agoRock, cloth and scissors makes so much more sense too.
minus-squaresnek_boi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·13 days agoI can’t find it in the article, but there’s another version that makes even more sense to me. I remember there used to be rock, plant, scissors. The rock destroys the scissors. The scissors cut the plant. The plant grows and cracks the rock.
I had no idea the game dates to the Ming dynasty! I would have guessed it was 300 years old, not over 2000.
Rock, cloth and scissors makes so much more sense too.
I can’t find it in the article, but there’s another version that makes even more sense to me. I remember there used to be rock, plant, scissors. The rock destroys the scissors. The scissors cut the plant. The plant grows and cracks the rock.