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[–] lemmie689@lemmy.sdf.org 24 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] LangleyDominos@hexbear.net 28 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

The song back then was quite different.

Cool rock, Earthenware
Leather thong, Mammoth scare
Fertile crescent
North migration, Living in the snow
Stone tools, Painting caves
Start a tribe, Wolfs behave
Exploration, Navigation
Spears you can throw

WE JUST STARTED A FIRE
IT STARTED BURNING EARLY THIS MORNING
WE JUST STARTED A FIRE
WE TRIED TO LIGHT IT AND COULDN'T HIDE IT

[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago
[–] ClimateStalin@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

I’ve been thinking about this comment for two days this is so good

[–] ClimateStalin@hexbear.net 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It in fact had not always been burning, certainly not since the world’s been turning

[–] lemmie689@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It could be argued that our prehuman ancestors were using fire already, and we imherited the problem, and didn't actually start it.

H erectus + fire + evolution = H sapiens

Thanks grandpa

[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

so some fuckin monkey was fuckin with fire and now i gotta go to work, what a dickhead

[–] VibeCoder@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

Sins of the father