Many years ago I heard a comedian tell a joke, "I come from a long line of people who had kids."
He was a funny guy, with a funny set, but that line always stuck with me.
this post was submitted on 05 Feb 2026
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I'm nonbinary, like if a man and a woman had a baby
On the other hand, the number of humans from 50,000 years ago whose names you don’t know is vastly smaller than the number of humans alive right now whose names you don’t know.
Have a read of how much history is embedded in Australian aboriginal oral stories. Their stories go a long long way back
I have a Geneology book that have the names of my ancestors that were alive circa 1200 CE... (like 20something generations ago)
But like... does that even matter?
Idk what they even did except like they village wrote a short summary of what that time was like but idk what their jobs were or their behavoirs, thoughts, philosophical beliefs, political beliefs, or maybe if they were just as toxic as my parents... I literally have no info on them other than their name... so does knowing the name of your ancestors even matter?
(Also its male ancestors only thats recorded in the geneology book... thanks, patriarchy 🤦♂️)
I just like to imagine there was a real person called Unga Bunga though. It seems statistically likely. Or some guy named, like, Andrew or something, but with absolutely no linguistic ties to any of the modern name's roots, like it arose independently more than once.
"Long" is interesting. It's an English surname, but there's also Chinese people called "Long" as it means "Dragon"
Lol like Andrew meant star puncher in ancient language that no tale or legend can recall.
It used to mean "land exploder" in the before-times.
If the name “Naomi” can occur independently in Hebrew and Japanese, it’s probably been popping up regularly since the beginning of language.
Naomi is the crab of names
We know a few. "Fire", for example. And "Axe". The inventions named after them are still in use to this day.
You don't understand how much this hurts me
forgetting names is truly a sad thing, ComradeSharkfucker
I like to think that historical humans prefer it that way, if it helps.
I want my name known to people who loved me and whose life I directly impacted. I like the concept of getting to know the larger human community, but I don’t think I’ll have failed if nobody remembers my name a hundred years after my death. If the choice is between my diary being found and read by people or my name forgotten, I’d prefer the latter.
they probably exploded lands
Khaal explores. Khaal not explodes. Khaal not dumb.
Khaal took Armageddon out of his commander deck.
Kha'ra al explodes new lands kha'ra al found volcano
You don't know John Sapien and Jennifer Sapien?
Wasn't their kid a Homo?
John Q. Sapien? The guy they named the species after?
you don't know Kyle?