but like actually though why don’t we just use trebuchets for close up combat? they can launch a 95 kg stone over 300 meters! way better than any mortars we have or something. plus what are they gonna do? explode a little bit? yeah no they’re just gonna put like a dent in a building and maybe kill a few people. that’s not good enough. we need trebuchets. they are so cool. like that stone could end a building’s entire career and kill everyone in it. like wow man let’s go team trebuchet. on the topic of trebuchets let’s talk about why catapults suck. they can’t launch as far as trebuchets, they can’t launch as heavy stones as trebuchets like dude get on their level. and on the topic of catapults sucking, let’s talk about sucky militaries. costa rica doesn’t even have a military they could benefit from a trebuchet or two. and on the topic of costa rica, their name means rich coast right? so how come their poverty rates are ridiculously high like wtf. and on that note let’s talk about low poverty rates ok? so only 12 european countries have over 20% poverty rates so only 12 are even comparable to costa rica in that regard. france is not in those 12 countries, and its poverty rates are significantly lower than those 12. you know what france named and popularized? that’s right, the trebuchet! the US poverty rate is very similar to the france poverty rate, and we never even used trebuchets. you must understand what i’m getting at here. usage of trebuchets could lead us to a lower poverty rate.