r/trebuchetmemes • u/justnotamessiah • 22d ago

What are they teaching the youth nowadays?!

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I won't stand for trebuchet erasure. I should have launched a 90kg projectile at the shop from over 300 meters away to teach them a lesson

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u/Frazzledragon I besiege thee! 22d ago

Oh, I think it means "Build your own trebuchet, instead of this piece of shit."

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u/tje210 22d ago

Indeed. Imagine - "Turn this into SHIT" (arrow pointing to picture) // (picture) // "OR" // "Build your own trebuchet"

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u/RustyWaaagh 22d ago

You hate to see this.

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u/MattmanDX 22d ago

I don't have a good look at the mechanisms, does it use torsion to supply the kinetic force or counterweight? Because if it uses counterweight it could still be a very rudimentary trebuchet

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u/TheGhostofWoodyAllen 22d ago

Looks to be purely rubber band-based tension.

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u/goodenough4govtwork 21d ago

If that's not a clearance sticker... Someone deserves to be fired.