Perhaps not a not talked about thing, but the Geneva Conventions
Containing war to those involved and not regular citizens, Protecting doctors and medics, Protecting children. Understanding that there are those that are not involved and that they cannot be swept up in the horrors of war.
Even Genocide
And though it may sound contradictory, adding humanity to war.
1949 was a year that some of humanity changed to be more human
Congratulations!! You continue to waste time, money and resources on shit to kill each other when you are fully capable of creating a planet-wide utopia. You get the refuses-to-evolve-past-chimpanzee-instincts award! Keep it up! Another few hundred years and you have a great shot at the extinction award!
We had more than one effective vaccine less than a year after the onset of a global pandemic. Vaccines that we created by harnessing DNA. It’s a fucking miracle, like putting a man on the moon, but some people have gotten so far up their own asses they don’t see it for what it was.
Considering most of the replies here are reflecting the bad state of current reality, let’s think of something uplifting.
Popsicles. Some kid left a cup of siloda with a stick outside overnight and in the morning, we got ice on a stick. And who doesn’t love a popsicle in summer?
to me it’s just the fact that the world is so complex and it all works, like it’s hard for me to explain but so many people and so much work goes into everything we have, there are so many people on earth and we work together to function as a planet and that’s so crazy to me
Gaelic, Maori and Native Hawaiian language resurgence.
It’s interesting the dynamics which each group had to allow them to overcome language death.
Despite they creating the foundation and ways to do so, it’s frustrating to see other peoples kind of wail their arms around and their attempts of half hearted mimicry to what’s been accomplished.
Reverse or De-Evolution? I’m counting on it just being a poor representation of the population as a whole, but some days it does feel like people as a whole are actually moving backwards. It seems like the average person even 50 years ago was smarter (both intelligence and common sense), stronger, and overall more healthy.
The majority of people obeying traffic laws. I think about it sometimes while driving and it blows my mind that (almost) everyone just follows the rules instead of turning the roads into complete chaos.
The ability to throw a solid object with lethal force is possibly unique to humans. An MLB pitcher with a couple of heavy rocks could probably kill most things on the planet within reason.
LED lights are absolutely incredible. Bright, energy efficient, they stay cool and compact. Cheep flashlights are fucking lasers compared to lights 20 years ago
We have the most sophisticated medicine ever for eradicating some very deadly diseases that people reject and have their children die from said diseases just because they can’t parse reasonable arguments properly.
How the hell did our ancestors look at wheat and say, bro what if I pick that, grind it into powder, add some water then back it? And that’s just like lavash. How the hell did we figure out leavening and sourdough?
Think of how long time has existed. The billions upon trillions of years leading to the formation of the universe, the solar system, the earth. Life, animal, vegetable and mineral, evolution, free will, language. The vastness of human history, human ingenuity, art.
Art! The first cave drawings, the invention of paints, the discovery of music, the renaissance, the Sistine Chapel, the printing press, the first motion picture, the first recorded soundtrack, thousands upon thousands of drawings put together to form a moving image! And that’s not even getting into what we can do with computers!
All of this toil, experimentation, achievement, discovery, expression, it was all leading up to the final reckoning of all art…
In 1995 when A Goofy Movie came out. It’s a good movie.
The technology that’s in computer chips. We trick rocks (silicon) and metal into thinking for us using electricity. I would argue that using science is equitable to magic.
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Most poops in Porto Potty
Recreating the Idiocracy timeline. Lot’s of people mention it on Reddit, but a lot of people IRL have never even heard of the movie.
Watched A Great Nation Crumble from across the border.
Being able to do the rivals to best friends trope when it comes to domesticating dogs.
Microwaves. In nature only created by stars.
Some human had the audacity to capture all that star power to make water molecules vibrate and heat fucking food.
Like bitch fires been doing that shit for thousands of years.
But sure, lets add that to everyone’s kitchen.
Perhaps not a not talked about thing, but the Geneva Conventions
Containing war to those involved and not regular citizens, Protecting doctors and medics, Protecting children. Understanding that there are those that are not involved and that they cannot be swept up in the horrors of war.
Even Genocide
And though it may sound contradictory, adding humanity to war.
1949 was a year that some of humanity changed to be more human
The ability to draw in ultra-realistic form. It’s seriously mind blowing and I don’t think people appreciate how much skill and patience it takes.
Congratulations!! You continue to waste time, money and resources on shit to kill each other when you are fully capable of creating a planet-wide utopia. You get the refuses-to-evolve-past-chimpanzee-instincts award! Keep it up! Another few hundred years and you have a great shot at the extinction award!
We had more than one effective vaccine less than a year after the onset of a global pandemic. Vaccines that we created by harnessing DNA. It’s a fucking miracle, like putting a man on the moon, but some people have gotten so far up their own asses they don’t see it for what it was.
Considering most of the replies here are reflecting the bad state of current reality, let’s think of something uplifting.
Popsicles. Some kid left a cup of siloda with a stick outside overnight and in the morning, we got ice on a stick. And who doesn’t love a popsicle in summer?
Artificial Farts, auditory and olfactory
Ability to travel anywhere on the planet in less than 24 hours (generally).
IVF
to me it’s just the fact that the world is so complex and it all works, like it’s hard for me to explain but so many people and so much work goes into everything we have, there are so many people on earth and we work together to function as a planet and that’s so crazy to me
Gaelic, Maori and Native Hawaiian language resurgence.
It’s interesting the dynamics which each group had to allow them to overcome language death.
Despite they creating the foundation and ways to do so, it’s frustrating to see other peoples kind of wail their arms around and their attempts of half hearted mimicry to what’s been accomplished.
Poops in shoes.
The ability to communicate over space and time. If you tried to explain that to someone 300 years ago, it would sound like dark magic..
Building the pyramids, if you believe aliens didnt do it.
It’s actually shocking that thousands of stones weighing tons each were somehow stacked like that, genuinely
Modern Plumbing
Reverse or De-Evolution? I’m counting on it just being a poor representation of the population as a whole, but some days it does feel like people as a whole are actually moving backwards. It seems like the average person even 50 years ago was smarter (both intelligence and common sense), stronger, and overall more healthy.
Vaccines
twerking
Enginuity. We unlocked flight on another planet.
The majority of people obeying traffic laws. I think about it sometimes while driving and it blows my mind that (almost) everyone just follows the rules instead of turning the roads into complete chaos.
The ability to throw a solid object with lethal force is possibly unique to humans. An MLB pitcher with a couple of heavy rocks could probably kill most things on the planet within reason.
LED lights are absolutely incredible. Bright, energy efficient, they stay cool and compact. Cheep flashlights are fucking lasers compared to lights 20 years ago
We have achieved video phone but its novelty value has long gone. Perhaps telepresence could help rally a resurgence of interest in that tech.
We have the most sophisticated medicine ever for eradicating some very deadly diseases that people reject and have their children die from said diseases just because they can’t parse reasonable arguments properly.
Bread.
How the hell did our ancestors look at wheat and say, bro what if I pick that, grind it into powder, add some water then back it? And that’s just like lavash. How the hell did we figure out leavening and sourdough?
We learned how to stop generational trauma.
Think of how long time has existed. The billions upon trillions of years leading to the formation of the universe, the solar system, the earth. Life, animal, vegetable and mineral, evolution, free will, language. The vastness of human history, human ingenuity, art.
Art! The first cave drawings, the invention of paints, the discovery of music, the renaissance, the Sistine Chapel, the printing press, the first motion picture, the first recorded soundtrack, thousands upon thousands of drawings put together to form a moving image! And that’s not even getting into what we can do with computers!
All of this toil, experimentation, achievement, discovery, expression, it was all leading up to the final reckoning of all art…
In 1995 when A Goofy Movie came out. It’s a good movie.
Wiping out smallpox. That was the bio/medical equivalent of landing on the moon, in my opinion.
Being able to live with pets
The technology that’s in computer chips. We trick rocks (silicon) and metal into thinking for us using electricity. I would argue that using science is equitable to magic.
The modern toilet. Have u seen pictures of what the romans had? “Public” meant something drastically different.
The sheer microscopic size we are capable of producing chips at. Nanometers, just mind blowing.