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Comment by gyomu | Hacker News Reader

I think we tend to overestimate the purposefulness of things humans do.

Why do so many artists draw anime girls and post them on twitter?

Cause they’re bored, cause they want to practice their skills, cause they want to impress their friends, cause they’re horny, ... Probably the same here.

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And I think we might underestimate amount of downtime people have. Like keeping guard or watching herds of animals grazing or drinking... You could probably very well carry some tools and small figure during those times.

What people draw today is far less interesting because we have had global cross pollination via print for hundreds of years and the internet for decades. Where people draw inspiration and learn the mechanics of drawing is obvious

These figurines are interesting because of the large geographical and temporal distribution long before humans even invented writing.

However I think this article is overselling the similarities between the hundreds of figures found.

All of these are interesting reasons. "They're bored" tells you a lot about the societal and economical situation Etc. These artifacts are physical imprints of the "spiritual" human condition. There's a ton of meaning there.

I don't think purpose is the right word here, nor is it what being investigated.

I think you may underestimate the purposefulness of anime girls.

I'm still trying to find the correlation

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