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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 4 points 5 days ago (3 children)

My great-grandfather grew up with horses and carriages and saw man set foot on the moon and the early days of the internet. He saw the rise and fall of the USSR. What will I see?

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[–] neuromorph@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (17 children)

The chariot lasting as high tech for 3800 years has some part to do with the dark ages.....

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My grandfather lived from 1871 to 1971; from Kitty Hawk to one small step on the moon.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

But what if...

[–] AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

I feel like the pictures over-exaggerate the difference a bit. The wright flyer was literally made by two people in their spare time while the space program was around 4% of all federal spending and had almost half a million people working on it in some capacity.

[–] phdeeznuts@mander.xyz 3 points 5 days ago

I'm certainly not.

[–] ComRed2@hexbear.net 6 points 6 days ago

The creation of the airplane and the creation of the movie studio.

[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 6 points 6 days ago

This humanity fuck yeah stuff really rings hollow when you look at the trajectory of the world. What does any of this matter if we just kill ourselves by ransacking the planet or blowing ourselves up?

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