It's so easy how is everyone so stupid. I'd invent the train afterward and drive around everyone saying "you're so fucking stupid I'm not even good at this and I did it".

  • adultswim_antifa [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    What is really crazy is they didn't invent hot air balloons until the 1700s. That shit could have been invented thousands of years ago, all you need is fire and cloth.

    • TheCaconym [any]
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      4 years ago

      Especially when you consider stuff such as Chinese lanterns - they were even used for military signalling as far back as 200 AD.

      • Mardoniush [she/her]
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        4 years ago

        And the fact they were using manned kites at the time (mostly to fuck with people as they had no landing methods.)

    • ElGosso [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      They probably thought about it and said "wow this sounds like an awful idea" and then a couple of french morons decided to go for it

    • happybadger [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I would have been telling people this in Sumerian times and none of you idiots would have listened to me.