• PorkRollWobbly
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      21 year ago

      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]
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      111 year ago

      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.

    • @ladicius
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      11 year ago

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

  • @[email protected]
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    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.