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> The authors note that individuals not related to Vikings genetically, such as native Pictish people of Scotland and Ireland, sometimes received traditional Viking burials
so @trekonomics is totally full of crap - the thing he links to defines Vikings in genetic terms https://twitter.com/trekonomics/status/1306391405539983361 …
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3/ who had kinship ties, and were genetically related. Saying "Vikings didn't exist" is retarded in the same way that saying "Europeans didn't exist, because AKSHUALLY you are talking about Spaniards and Englishmen and Italians and Bulgarians and -" Don't be that guy.
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@ee_elephant : "Vikings didn't exist" oh - you were finished? Well allow me to retort. This is what we English speakers mean when we use the English noun "viking":pic.twitter.com/48r03iNY7l
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5/ Given that (a) the signifier "viking" exists in our language, and (b) the signified thing existed, yes, vikings DID exist. You're not being pedantic (which implies correct), you're just being wrong, combative, and boring.
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