Name It

[AV1611VET]

That was a story that was meant to have happened a thousand years after the pyramids were built.

Who leaked it prematurely?

 

[Kylie]

The reaction of a bartender who doesn't know his particle physics.

I'm not a bartender. But I do like making drinks.

 

[SelfSim]

I'm not a bartender. But I do like making drinks.

Does your mixing method include blowing raspberries?

 

[Kylie]

Does your mixing method include blowing raspberries?

You made me do a Google search, and now I have to wait until the weekend before I can make these... 10 Best Raspberry Cocktails

 

[SelfSim]

You made me do a Google search, and now I have to wait until the weekend before I can make these... 10 Best Raspberry Cocktails

Raspberry Margarita is a winner during the hotter months and a major tribute to science .. but I was enquiring more about your delivery/serving technique:

 

[Bradskii]

You made me do a Google search, and now I have to wait until the weekend before I can make these... 10 Best Raspberry Cocktails

Roll on Friday!

 

[Kylie]

Raspberry Margarita is a winner during the hotter months and a major tribute to science .. but I was enquiring more about your delivery/serving technique:

I prefer to deliver and serve them to myself, thanks.

You'll have to make your own.

 

[Leaf473]

I'm going with that. Speech came before it but I'd say that was an evolutionary process, not an invention or discovery. The control of fire was useful but limited to begin with. But with agriculture you have the beginnining of society. People could stay in one place. Build more permanent shelters. Store food. And the more people you have, the more that individual abilities become beneficial to the whole. It's what kick starts literally everything.

Speech leads to writing. Fire leads to cooking and metalurgy. The domestication of animals. Nation states. If you were lucky enough that you lived where crops were easily grown (the Fertile Crescent) then you had a head start and he rest, as they say...

With thanks to Jared Diamond.

I agree that agriculture is a huge turning point in human history and leads to all the awesome things in civilization that you list.

But is it an overall benefit? For me, it raises the question of whether the life of the civilized human is better than that of the hunter-gatherer.

So given the OP, I put agriculture in the "mistake" category. But if it was a mistake, I can agree that it was the biggest one.

 

[Bradskii]

I agree that agriculture is a huge turning point in human history and leads to all the awesome things in civilization that you list.

But is it an overall benefit? For me, it raises the question of whether the life of the civilized human is better than that of the hunter-gatherer.

So given the OP, I put agriculture in the "mistake" category. But if it was a mistake, I can agree that it was the biggest one.

That's a good question.

Am I actually happier sitting here in a warm, well lit, safe and comfortable house having taken a decent curry out of the freezer, helped myself to a cold beer, learnt some licks on Youtube from Hotel California on my ol' guitar, sent a few messages to the family, watched news from around the world, made arrangements to have lunch with some friends tomorrow, listened to a podcast by Stephen Fry, read a couple of chapters of one of many online books I'm half way through, planned a video call with my bro in the UK for tomorrow all before I have a hot shower and hit a comfortable bed.

Or would I be happier as a hunter gatherer, cooking some of last weeks kill on a slowly dwindling fire in the rain before trying to get some sleep in a hastily built hut.

Hmm...

OK, that was somewhat tongue-in-cheek, but yes - I believe my life is better. If I preferred the outdoor hunter/gatherer life then there's plenty of room down here where I could do that. And I really enjoy camping and roughing it. But only as a temporary contrast to remind myself of what I have.

 

[Servus]

The smartphone.

 

[durangodawood]

Not the wheel, but the bicycle. Thats the best one.

 

[Leaf473]

That's a good question.

Am I actually happier sitting here in a warm, well lit, safe and comfortable house having taken a decent curry out of the freezer, helped myself to a cold beer, learnt some licks on Youtube from Hotel California on my ol' guitar, sent a few messages to the family, watched news from around the world, made arrangements to have lunch with some friends tomorrow, listened to a podcast by Stephen Fry, read a couple of chapters of one of many online books I'm half way through, planned a video call with my bro in the UK for tomorrow all before I have a hot shower and hit a comfortable bed.

Or would I be happier as a hunter gatherer, cooking some of last weeks kill on a slowly dwindling fire in the rain before trying to get some sleep in a hastily built hut.

Hmm...

OK, that was somewhat tongue-in-cheek, but yes - I believe my life is better. If I preferred the outdoor hunter/gatherer life then there's plenty of room down here where I could do that. And I really enjoy camping and roughing it. But only as a temporary contrast to remind myself of what I have.

I hear what you're saying, and I wouldn't want to take the thread in the "which is better..." direction.

I just note that the top activities for adult males where I live are hunting, fishing, and battle simulations, e.g. football.

The hunter-gatherer life is basically that 24/7. But yes, make sure you've gathered lots of firewood and have a well-built shelter.

 

[Goonie]

Sliced bread.

 

[Goonie]

Paper.

Especially toilet paper.

Actually, given the fact that most toilet paper is non recycled, it is a terrible invention.

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

Chicken

Like... I know I'm supposed to sum up videos but all I can say is...

Chicken chicken, chicken. Chicken chicken.

 

[durangodawood]

Sliced bread.

There have been better things since sliced bread.

 

[Goonie]

There have been better things since sliced bread.

What the panini?!

 

[Goonie]

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[Goonie]

 

[Bungle_Bear]

Red Dwarf. Absolute gold.