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minus-squareurquell@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up22·3 days agoWait… Why did they have scissors before paper?
minus-squareLanguageIsCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 days agoFirst attempt at beating rock. Failed miserably.
minus-squaremoakley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·3 days agoCutting ribbons for grand openings.
minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoCombined with running to become the first extreme sport.
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-down1·15 hours agoAs does scissors before paper, since paper is just one of the many things you can cut with scissors
minus-squareExtantHuman@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·7 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-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoYou’re never too ready, that’s what I say.
minus-squareYtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up19·2 days agoSheep sheering is my uninformed guess
Wait… Why did they have scissors before paper?
First attempt at beating rock. Failed miserably.
Cutting ribbons for grand openings.
Combined with running to become the first extreme sport.
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.
You’re never too ready, that’s what I say.
Sheep sheering is my uninformed guess
Hair I would assume.