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Timeline reading "All ties" from the far left until "Invention of scissors, -3000". Then it's reading "Rock advantage" until a second marker called "Invention of paper, -179". The final description from there to the far right reads "Balanced".

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For a more exiting game of rock/paper/scissors, play for 5 points, each win 1 point, except if you win with rock, thats give you 2 points.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

That actually sounds fun! I first thought it's a joke but it sounds like meta strategy.

Actually it's just strategy but meta makes it sound cooler so meta strategy it is.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

A game about being bitten by snakes no matter what until roughly 10.000 years ago

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Need to add the nuke in 1945AD. Strong nuke advantage

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

F tier, unused in meta since launch.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Banger post

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Except paper

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

For obvious reasons, the scissors weren't added until the discovery of metal in the Iron Age.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Imagine it being called "Rock paper scissors" before the latter two having been invented.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

We should start playing Rock, Paper, Scissors, Blaartuu, in anticipation of the invention of Blaartuu.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What did they cover their rocks with before paper?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

A rock would kick paper's ass, I don't care what they say.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@emidio I choked on my saliva reading this.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry, shall I make another meme for you to spit it out?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Memes are for swallowers!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Pretty sure paper was invented a bit earlier?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You may be thinking of other media for writing like papyrus or animal hides

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Indeed the mainstream media before was papyrus which is a bit different than paper. There was also an interesting thing where they cut bamboos to make some planks which where stringed together. They would write on the inside of the planks

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Paper was invented in China by Cai Lun who died in 121 CE. It's definitely a lot older than 179 years ago.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I assume with "-179" OP means 179 years BC, not 179 years ago

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I would argue that last time I checked we arent living in the year 1. In common usage -179 was 2023 - (-179) -1 = 2201 years ago
(the -1 is because there is no year 0)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Lizard is between rock and scissors. Spock is born 127 years in je future in the 129th anniversary of the January 6th Capitol Riot coup attempt.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Invention of shotgun ~1500s

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