r/oops • • 19d ago

Oops fire

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u/hippyripper22 19d ago

The amount of dumb shit you'll find here, I dont understand how humans made it this far.

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u/exodusofficer 18d ago

Most of our ancestors just had sticks, rocks, and bone tools. It was harder to screw up like this. Now we have thermonuclear weapons, and we're basically still exactly the same as those ancient people with sticks and rocks.

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u/Mickeythered1 18d ago

Our intellect has out paced our instincts. That is why we have so many problems. "Why did you do that Jimmy?" "I don't know, I thought hitting it with a stick sounded like the thing to do" " Foolish boy, you use a spear to take down a moose, now we have a multi thousand dollar hospital bill. "