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[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 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.

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 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

[–] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 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.

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 20 points 3 months ago

Yep, the antimatter annihilation reactor goes into the boiling water again!

[–] robolemmy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 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.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 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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[–] oxideseven@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

Solar and wind would like a word.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] FrChazzz@lemmus.org 8 points 3 months ago

Throw rock so hard it hits water with enough force to boil it. Like that old "how hard would I have to slap a chicken to instantly cook it?" thing

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Very tiny, very hot rocks.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Rocks that spit bees out of their mouths

[–] napkin2020@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

We throw neutrons at uranium.

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 months ago

Inyalowda deserved that shit, sasa?

[–] just2look@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 months ago

Alternatively tungsten rods (rods from god) which is throwing sticks from space

[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 months ago

Guns I'll grant you, but

Nuclear bomb? Throwing a special, spicy rock

"Spicy" is doing a lot of work there lol.

[–] Fmstrat@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

And purposeful shrapnel is just throwing rocks that throw more rocks.

[–] NotSteve_@piefed.ca 11 points 3 months ago

I'd argue we're still just throwing (highly processed) rocks but much much faster using gunpowder to accelerate them through the tube of handheld devices

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

RUN THE FUCKING ANIMALS OFF A CLIFF

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Or just hang out with them all the time, mostly being nice, so they get used to not running away and we don't have to find or chase them when we are hungry.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Invent fire.

Invent guns to throw specifically shaped stones at 1000fps using fire.

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[–] observes_depths@aussie.zone 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.

[–] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 82 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago

puny hairless apecuks!

[–] DaedalousIlios@pawb.social 38 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 8 points 3 months ago

Griefers. We have griefers who for some reason, we voted to lead us.

[–] i_love_FFT@jlai.lu 36 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This was written by every megafauna we drove to extinction

[–] ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 months ago

Well, except the ones we just drove over cliffs with fire by the hundreds so we could harvest the good bits

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Humans are the It Follows nightmare for animals.

[–] Manjushri@piefed.social 28 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] toynbee@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago

My cats went offense instead of defense / escape for the period during which I had to do it.

[–] Furbag@pawb.social 21 points 3 months ago

Based Apepilled and Staminamaxxing meta.

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)
[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 3 months ago

TierZoo is the fucking best. He's also on Nebula for those with a subscription.

[–] groet@feddit.org 19 points 3 months ago

just throws sticks

infinite stamina

one part of his kit

Yeah maybe being able to count also helps

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 18 points 3 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] dovahking@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Working fine for the best predator in the sea, even before the dawn of trees. So, meta is the issue.

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[–] Objection@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago

Like humans don't just spam walk strats

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[–] unmagical@lemmy.ml 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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

[–] FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

This is how i feel about apecucks too

[–] bananabenana@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

Endurance mogged

[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 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.

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 9 points 3 months ago

Skill issue

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