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[–] 84 points 3 months ago (5 children)

For the vast majority of human history we have just been throwing sticks and stones and just got better at it.

Throwing stones by hand, invent slings to throw stones faster and further, invent siege engines to throw bigger stones even farther.

Throwing sticks by hand, sharpening the sticks into thrown spears, invent the atlal to throw the spears further and with more power, make the sticks smaller and invent bow to shoot them with more speed and even further, invent siege engines to throw bigger sticks with more power.

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  • [–] 80 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    Guns? Actually just throwing rocks at high speed.

    Nuclear bomb? Throwing a special, spicy rock.

    It really is just rock chucking all the way down, projectile combat completely broke the meta

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  • [–] 44 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    it is similar to how any kind of widely used power plant is basically just a steam machine. the difference is how we create the heat, but no matter if we burn coal or split atom there, it is still just a steam machine. if we some day finally manage to get fusion reactors to work, it will still be just a steam machine.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Some of the new fusion startups are looking into aneutronic fusion, in which most of the energy output is directly captured as electricity. They will be using steam-driven generators to take advantage of the waste heat but they will be a secondary component.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago*

    aneutronic fusion, in which most of the energy output is directly captured as electricity.

    Awesome!

    They will be using steam-driven generators to take advantage of the waste heat

    MOTHER

    FFFFFUUUUC-

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  • [–] 14 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    We need to figure out a way to boil water by throwing rocks.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    And then the theoretical peak of space combat, throwing big rocks at planets from orbit

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    Except for the time we tried poking with pointy sticks and swing sharp sticks. It worked for a while, but then we got even better at throwing sharp sticks further and hit all the stick pokers before they could get close.

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  • [–] 82 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Who would've thought the puny hairless ape would dominate the entire game? Get rekd animal kingdom

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  • [–] 38 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Human beings really are the high skill, high reward spec. And like every other game ever, we get a bunch of dead weight teammates that the pros have to carry. We could be competing with other regions (planets/galaxies) already. Smh

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  • [–] 36 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    This was written by every megafauna we drove to extinction

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  • [–] 25 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Humans are the It Follows nightmare for animals.

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  • [–] 28 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I have to separate my cats for feeding and one of them isn't fond of the process so she runs away from me. I simply follow her at a walking pace saying, "You cannot defeat the persistence predator," until she gives up. It never takes long.

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  • [–] 21 points 3 months ago

    Based Apepilled and Staminamaxxing meta.

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  • [–] 19 points 3 months ago* (1 child)
  • [–] 19 points 3 months ago

    just throws sticks

    infinite stamina

    one part of his kit

    Yeah maybe being able to count also helps

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  • [–] 18 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Maybe you should keep up with the meta of instead of just spamming the same old strat.

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    [–] 17 points 3 months ago*

    Oh you'll stop playing all right, you and your entire kin.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 months ago

    This is how i feel about apecucks too

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago

    Endurance mogged

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago

    Bipedal locomotion for efficiency.
    Sweat and lack of fur for unmatched heat regulation. Slow and fast muscles for endurance. Numerous other adaptations in feet, ankles and sinuses.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago

    Skill issue

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