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minus-squareurquell@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up22·4 days agoWait… Why did they have scissors before paper?
minus-squareYtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up19·4 days agoSheep sheering is my uninformed guess
minus-squaremoakley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·4 days agoCutting ribbons for grand openings.
minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoCombined with running to become the first extreme sport.
minus-squareLanguageIsCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 days agoFirst attempt at beating rock. Failed miserably.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoYou’re never too ready, that’s what I say.
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 days agoWe had lighters before we had matches. We had cans for 50 years before we had can openers. Sometimes things don’t make sense.
minus-squareExtantHuman@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 days agoHaving cans before can openers makes sense though…
minus-squareVespair@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoAs does scissors before paper, since paper is just one of the many things you can cut with scissors
minus-squareExtantHuman@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoI wasn’t commenting on that in any way. I explicitly stated which item I was commenting on and how it does not make a good analogy.
Wait… Why did they have scissors before paper?
Hair I would assume.
Sheep sheering is my uninformed guess
Cutting ribbons for grand openings.
Combined with running to become the first extreme sport.
First attempt at beating rock. Failed miserably.
You’re never too ready, that’s what I say.
We had lighters before we had matches. We had cans for 50 years before we had can openers. Sometimes things don’t make sense.
Having cans before can openers makes sense though…
As does scissors before paper, since paper is just one of the many things you can cut with scissors
I wasn’t commenting on that in any way. I explicitly stated which item I was commenting on and how it does not make a good analogy.