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[-] Borovicka@lemmy.world 62 points 1 year ago

Well, wouldn't it be weird if it was the other way around?

"Yooo, check this out, I made a new invention, it's called a can opener!"
What does it do?
"idk"

[-] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 1 year ago

Surely you understand that the remarkable part is the duration between the inventions, not the chronological order.

[-] minimar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Crazy amount of not understanding jokes in this thread.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee -5 points 1 year ago

That’s what she said 😏

[-] electrogamerman@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I mean i can invent a time machine opener right now.

[-] Scrath@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The elevator shaft was invented before the elevator. Tom Scott made a video about that

this post was submitted on 13 Jul 2023
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