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[-] PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 77 points 1 year ago

The can opener was invented 30 years after the can.

[-] 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.

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