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Castle defenders pouring hot sand through a murder-hole to injure the attackers below (lemmynsfw.com)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (12 children)

What does sand do at these temperatures? Is it essentially molten glass?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (8 children)

Ever get sand stuck in your clothes?

Imagine that at or near the temperature of boiling water.

Sand retains heat pretty well, flows quickly, and is a bitch to get out. Not only that, but it's great at slipping in where its recipients wouldn't want it - down the collar, under a mail shirt, through the visor of a helmet, you name it. You'll be covered in serious burns, third-degree even, potentially, if you get caught under it, and sand is dirt-cheap.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

That's brilliant. I mean... awful, of course. But brilliant.

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