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minus-squareurquell@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up22·3 days agoWait… Why did they have scissors before paper?
minus-squaremoakley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·3 days agoCutting ribbons for grand openings.
minus-squareLanguageIsCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 days agoFirst attempt at beating rock. Failed miserably.
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 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-up6·2 days agoHaving cans before can openers makes sense though…
minus-squareVespair@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 day agoAs does scissors before paper, since paper is just one of the many things you can cut with scissors
minus-squareExtantHuman@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·17 hours 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.
minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoCombined with running to become the first extreme sport.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoYou’re never too ready, that’s what I say.
minus-squareYtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up19·3 days agoSheep sheering is my uninformed guess
Wait… Why did they have scissors before paper?
Cutting ribbons for grand openings.
First attempt at beating rock. Failed miserably.
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.
Combined with running to become the first extreme sport.
You’re never too ready, that’s what I say.
Sheep sheering is my uninformed guess
Hair I would assume.