But other apes use tools...
this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2023
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Also many birds, especially corvids.
I'm no whatever studies that but wouldn't there be a difference between using a stone to smash open a coconut and sharpening a stone, attaching it to a stick, and chopping down a tree with it?
That one guy looks a little too excited. Oh heck, he looks very excited.
The historical context here is that's how you cracked eggs in the middle ages, before they had our modern egg-cracking technology. You balanced the egg on the head of a priest or monk and then hit it with a rock. So the excitement comes from the imminent enjoyment of a freshly cracked egg.
Let's assume that's right; why does he have a fucking boner?
It's an ereggtion.
All the excited young boys?
History is always so exciting.
Damn, both lumps looks oddly disturbing in their own unique ways
No, it's Language
You read Harari, too, I guess. He tells a very convincing story.
Lol primates use tools pretty often. But I guess the message here is "it's okay to use violence to get revenge" or some other misguided bullshit and not a reflection on our place in the web of life.
Great work being the lowest common denominator.