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Vid clip - https://xcancel.com/tsarnick/status/1842401670225125539

I made the big mistake of watching that. And now [redacted]. Holy mother of fuck are tech bros evil.

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[–] Frank@hexbear.net 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Tech Trees really just do re-package the whole "Stone age bronze age iron age steam gas atom jet whatever the fuck" mythos, don't they? Like often literally by name.

[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That and reinforcing ideas about non-European cultures that are harmful. Shit like "Native Americans didn't invent the wheel because they spent all their tax money on war instead of science." Not like the real reason, which is wheels are fucking useless without large pack animals.

[–] Hexboare@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Even then, many large pack animals aren't all that. The first 500 years after the collapse of western Rome was dominated by camels and limited road infrastructure.

Water is and remains the most efficient way to transport goods.

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago

Yeh. Mules, camels, goats, and dogs are good logistics animals. The rest of them are a bit rubbish.

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

The first 500 years are the collapse of western Rome was dominated by camels and limited road infrastructure.

Where?

[–] Hexboare@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[–] Tom742@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The first invented wheels weren’t even for transportation, they were grinding wheels which even further erodes their point.

[–] CantaloupeAss@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Tom742@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Mills and also Pottery wheels, which arguably predate any solid evidence of wheel’d transportation

[–] CantaloupeAss@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I just thought you had a nice play on words with "grinding wheels which erodes their point"

[–] Tom742@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

Lmao, I see now. I wish I could be half as clever on purpose sometimes