Not quite. Humans evolved to exist in small hunter-gatherer groups, which I would not consider societies. Curiously, these were very egalitarian and people only worked for about 20 hours a week, and the varied lifestyle and diet was optimal for our health. It is really with society that all our problems started

Edit: spelling and clarification

[–] explodicle@local106.com 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think the disagreement here is in definitions, whether hunter gatherer groups are a society.

[–] Masimatutu@lemm.ee 8 points 11 months ago

Fair point. My mother tongues have slightly different definitions for their words for "society"

[–] Blackout@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago

but they didn't have iphones

[–] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Just because something is construced/man made doesn't mean it isn't real

[+] ArcticLynx@feddit.de -10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

have you ever heard of gender?

[–] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Man made is a common phrase and people made sounds bad

[+] ArcticLynx@feddit.de -7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I agree. I just wanted to give you an example for something manmade that isn't real.

[–] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Gender identity is wayy to complex for a simple example and it's at least partially something natural.

Also I didn't say that something invented has to be real.

Even Dragons and Witches are real in their own context. They don't exist in this world but they exist in the world of the stories being told about them.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Biological sex is importantly distinct from gender, and biological sex is quite real and crucial to differentiate in a medical setting.

I work in biotech. I absolutely understand and agree that a person should be allowed to identify with whatever gender expression they want to.

But in a clinical context: no. Full stop. Biological - that is, chromosomal and unaltered phenotypic - sex is very often a crucial data point to understand when testing or treating a patient. It’s science. Chemistry and biology do not give a flying fuck about anyone’s feelings or sensibilities on gender identity.

Edit: as I hoped was very clearly evident from my comment, I am fully aware of the distinction between gender and biological sex. The only reason I even made the comment is because, even at the biotech I work with, sometimes people still conflate sex and gender. Lots of people cross it up all the time - intentionally or unintentionally.

[–] explodicle@local106.com 0 points 11 months ago

Who said anything about sex?

[–] Shamefortheshameless@lemmy.ml 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This was one of the first posts that made me sign up for Reddit some 10+ years ago. Now I've been on Lemmy for a week and I see it again for the first time since.

I'm choosing to take it as a good sign.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

At least it's not a super duper repost.

[–] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yet the hunger in my belly is all too real

[–] TheRealLinga@sh.itjust.works 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I've been reading that rich people are delicious, and best thing is you can just eat them! No money required!

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Great for the planet too

[–] db2@sopuli.xyz 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

But the good news is it will implode first!

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 4 points 11 months ago

It actually won't explode, just implode. The process of becoming a red giant is quite gradual even by cosmological standards, taking about a billion years.

I'd always kind of assumed the sun would hit some point of not having enough fuel to sustain the fusion reactions and everything going to hell pretty quickly, but I suppose it does make sense that it's a slow process.

[–] Designate6361@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

He ain't lying

[–] Pothetato@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Come ooon micronova!

[–] ciko22i3@sopuli.xyz 1 points 11 months ago

ok go live in the woods then or whatever