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Mar 27, 2025 2:23 AM
SquirrelWithATophat
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TootiesMagooties
No way! people had feeling 150 years ago?
beaubrent
This is every episode of Jeeves and Wooster in a nutshell.
tinytyrant
"Too hasty by far!"
Frenchz
So fallout letters are more accurate than I give them credit for.
VibratingNipples
She didn't reply by mail in 7- 10 business days
Copperbrat
welluhwhatdoyouwantmetosay
During WWI, a couple of girls sent a letter to Lord Kitchener asking him to spare their horse. They got the reply the next day (their horse was too small).
HomoSumHumaniAMeNihilAlienumPuto
The walls of Pompeii had graffiti of dicks and insults on them. The Olmec and Trypillian cultures had pull-toys on wheels for children to play with. Dice predate recorded history and are found in basically all cultures from Asia to North America. People have not changed. Our tech has, our knowledge base has, but fundamentally we have not.
Outlavv
Humans have rly only been around for a handful of years in comparison to It All.
Nai1s
We've found old sling bullets carved with slogans like "Catch" and "I hope this hits you in the dick"
jfrhvkm26r
Would be wild if another species learned to gamble.
Isikyus
I believe scientists have, in fact, taught rats to gamble.
ihateimgurffs
Fundamentally though, we have. People in the 1500 didn't imagine their future to look different than their past. The past was similar enough, the future will probably not change much. There was no science fiction, because the speed of growth we have now was not present for people to imagine futures so much different. We on the other hand, have no idea what the future holds for us. We are constantly breaking barriers, during a lifetime.
ihateimgurffs
When I was born only a few organizations used ARPANET. If I wanted to learn something I would have to hunt down the one book where it is written down in. My kid is born in a world where internet is available in the middle of a forest and you can talk to an AI assistant to search the web for information. Those two childhoods are not very comparable.
TiffanyKorta
The first proto-science fiction story was written in Ancient Greece. We've been imaging the future since we were aware of time!
Phantomzero17
Are we talking about A True Story? It's a lot like Sci-Fi but it's supposed to be an outlandish tale the author "experienced" which is to say a big lie but it was a commentary on how all of his peer orators would lie.
Jattetont
Obligatory: These aren't authentic diary entries. They're from a novel—'The Prestige' iirc (yes, as in the movie).
alphasierrafoxtrot
You’re right! It was a glorious day when I came across them while reading the book and I was like “AH HA SO THAT’S WHERE IT’S FROM!”
tooomanystevesgotbanned
Aww :(
Jattetont
For a genuine example, take the journal of James Boswell (1740-1795): https://mulberryhall.medium.com/odd-this-day-212b7c5db675
RTK4740
He's a douche.
glovelyday
Not surprising. We're working with the same defective equipment.
BeaverOnFire
You people have equipment?
elten
There are pills for that nowadays
parabolic000
Hey now. My thinkfat is far more advanced than that of generations previous. I'm dumber and more mentally ill than they could even conceive of!
FudgeWeasel
You can't go around calling women "defective equipment"!!!
InevitableBadger
You see that defective equipment, that's you that is
FudgeWeasel
I really worry about people's inability to understand humour.
MikeAnK
Lol honestly, was a pretty funny joke. It’s sad that no one else reads this message in a sarcastic “characters” voice in their head and chuckle from how ridiculous the concept of the retort is. Of course it’s message is despicable, I’m just surprised I’m the only who seems to think it’s a sarcastic joke post.
glovelyday
FudgeWeasel
I actually had a big '/sarcasm, obviously' at the end of my comment, but removed it because I thought "it sort of spoils the joke, and people can't be *that* dumb, right?"
Well, jokes on me, I guess :P