this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2023
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[–] SexyTimeSasquatch 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

But other apes use tools...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Also many birds, especially corvids.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm no whatever studies that but wouldn't there be a difference between using a stone to smash open a coconut and sharpening a stone, attaching it to a stick, and chopping down a tree with it?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That one guy looks a little too excited. Oh heck, he looks very excited.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The historical context here is that's how you cracked eggs in the middle ages, before they had our modern egg-cracking technology. You balanced the egg on the head of a priest or monk and then hit it with a rock. So the excitement comes from the imminent enjoyment of a freshly cracked egg.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Let's assume that's right; why does he have a fucking boner?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It's an ereggtion.

[–] killeronthecorner 2 points 1 year ago

All the excited young boys?

[–] AnUnusualRelic 2 points 1 year ago

History is always so exciting.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Damn, both lumps looks oddly disturbing in their own unique ways

[–] Kandy4me 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] ladicius 1 points 1 year ago

You read Harari, too, I guess. He tells a very convincing story.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Lol primates use tools pretty often. But I guess the message here is "it's okay to use violence to get revenge" or some other misguided bullshit and not a reflection on our place in the web of life.

Great work being the lowest common denominator.