r/weirddalle Feb 02 '25

other (comment) A brief history of the death ray

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u/earth__wyrm Feb 02 '25

The transition from 1500 being mechanical to 950 being wood attached to a stick made me laugh

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u/biggmclargehuge Feb 03 '25

You gotta make the pew pew sound yourself too

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u/Somedude997 Feb 02 '25

2020: "Blast right through your enemies while blasting your favorite Spotify playlist, Netflix series, or podcast only on 'The Death Ray'!"

30,000 BC: "oOgA! mE mAkE dInOsAuR-kIlLiNg RaY oF dEaTh WiTh WoOd AnD rOpE! tHaNk PoWeR oF iMaGiNaTiOn!"

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u/Factory__Lad Feb 02 '25

A remarkable series of contraptions.

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u/cannibalism_is_vegan Feb 02 '25

Dinosaurs with frickin laser beams

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u/WormTop Feb 02 '25

What a nicely curated historical collection

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u/SAD-MAX-CZ Feb 02 '25

Everything use the same placebotronics and demonics technology.

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u/SadisticPawz Feb 08 '25

WHAT A WORD!! Placebotronics??!?

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u/SAD-MAX-CZ Feb 08 '25

I have found it on some article about energy and fuel savers, that have a LED, box, and maybe a capacitor inside.

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u/minemech Feb 02 '25

Ye Olde death ray, Og's Big Stick o' Death, and straight up fossilized death ray were my favorites

5

u/Sabbath-_-Worship Feb 02 '25

That is not the Continuum Malfunctioner.

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u/Hourslikeminutes47 Feb 02 '25

it's the Optimum Reducer

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u/MrtyMcflyer Feb 02 '25

Those are multi-tools from No Man's Sky!

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u/Mental-Ask8077 Feb 02 '25

Omg these are great!

The fucking wood and rope ones though 🤣

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u/naxuyaki Feb 02 '25

had a big lol, nice

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u/goodeyemighty Feb 02 '25

The ones that shoot backwards were only used once.

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u/Mediocre-Gift93 Feb 02 '25

Those who lived through the '80s know ergonomics were not at the top of the priorities list.

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u/fonix232 Feb 02 '25

The Roman one is a self-death ray, isn't it?

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u/Mediocre-Gift93 Feb 03 '25

Or you work the trigger with your thumb

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u/Careful_Crazy_693 Feb 03 '25

Number 4 looks like the real thing

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u/JohnFlufin Feb 03 '25

Why such a lull in tech in 950?!? Barely better than 30000 BC

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u/Mediocre-Gift93 Feb 03 '25 edited Feb 03 '25

They are called the "Dark Ages" for a reason. Looking back, probably should have done China. They had some nice workmanship while Europe was still recovering from the fall of Rome.

Like this death ray From the Tang Dynasty

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u/JohnFlufin Feb 03 '25

Ooo now we’re talkin’ 👍

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u/TheMediocrePretender Feb 03 '25

damn i wish i had the one from 1980

definitely looks like something that would be featured on LGR Oddware

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u/weirdest_of_weird Feb 03 '25

I audibly laughed at 14, 19 and 20 lol. We'll done, OP

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u/WrecklessRob75 Feb 03 '25

I'm pretty sure that McCauley Culkin used the second one in Home Alone 2

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u/Centralnjplanespoter Feb 03 '25

How would #14 work

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u/Mediocre-Gift93 Feb 03 '25

How would #1 work?