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[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 57 points 2 months ago

"Oops, I broke one."

"6001 spears. Exactly half of what I'd hoped for."

[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 40 points 2 months ago

In conclusion, he wanted 12002 spears, ±1.

[–] rustydomino@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Has anyone ever analyzed the footage from RoTK at the Pelanor Fields to see if 6000 spears is accurate? It looks a lot more but I’m no expert.

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 35 points 2 months ago (1 children)

As it turns out, King Theoden was terrible at basic math.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 35 points 2 months ago

"Hey, I found 5 more!"

"Less than a third of what I hoped for..."

[–] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I've never really got this meme. Maybe he wanted 14000 men? 6000 is less than half

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The joke is that it just happens to be barely less than half.

[–] illi@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago

And also that he meant spears literally

[–] MufinMcFlufin@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

But 6002 isn't more than half of 14000. The original line implies he wants something around 14000-16000 ish, but the meme changes that to mean he wants almost exactly 12002.