this post was submitted on 29 May 2025
503 points (98.1% liked)
People Twitter
7063 readers
2315 users here now
People tweeting stuff. We allow tweets from anyone.
RULES:
- Mark NSFW content.
- No doxxing people.
- Must be a pic of the tweet or similar. No direct links to the tweet.
- No bullying or international politcs
- Be excellent to each other.
- Provide an archived link to the tweet (or similar) being shown if it's a major figure or a politician.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Since we have had houses with multiple rooms it has certainly made sense to shout “where are you?”
Scratch that. Since there were opaque things larger than a human that could be positioned in between two humans (rock, tree, bush, animal) it has made sense.
Scratch that. Since there was dark it has made sense.
Only recently has the response changed from "here" to something more descriptive.
Did cavemen not know Marco Polo?
Only Asians in the 13th century knew him.
It's weird how he ended up in swimming pools.
I still like to answer here. For extra annoying points I can add 'turn around' a couple times.
Pretty sure people have used more descriptive answers since the dawn of language too whenever sound wasn't a reliable direction indicator.
Maybe "up", "down" or "over".