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[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 82 points 1 month 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 82 points 1 month 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 45 points 1 month 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 21 points 1 month ago

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

[–] robolemmy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 month 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 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 1 month ago (1 children)

Solar and wind would like a word.

[–] prof_tincoa@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Wind is still using fluid movement to spin a generator 😅 Solar is totally new tek though

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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

[–] FrChazzz@lemmus.org 8 points 1 month 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 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Very tiny, very hot rocks.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Rocks that spit bees out of their mouths

[–] napkin2020@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

We throw neutrons at uranium.

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago

Inyalowda deserved that shit, sasa?

[–] just2look@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago

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

[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month 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 1 month ago

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

[–] NotSteve_@piefed.ca 10 points 1 month 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 1 month ago (1 children)

RUN THE FUCKING ANIMALS OFF A CLIFF

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 81 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

puny hairless apecuks!

[–] DaedalousIlios@pawb.social 37 points 1 month 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 1 month ago

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

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

This was written by every megafauna we drove to extinction

[–] ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 month 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 1 month ago (1 children)

Humans are the It Follows nightmare for animals.

[–] Manjushri@piefed.social 28 points 1 month 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 1 month ago

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

[–] Furbag@pawb.social 21 points 1 month ago

Based Apepilled and Staminamaxxing meta.

[–] groet@feddit.org 20 points 1 month ago

just throws sticks

infinite stamina

one part of his kit

Yeah maybe being able to count also helps

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

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

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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

[–] Objection@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago

Like humans don't just spam walk strats

[–] dovahking@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month 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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[–] unmagical@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

[–] FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

This is how i feel about apecucks too

[–] bananabenana@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Endurance mogged

[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 month 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 10 points 1 month ago

Skill issue

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