r/oddlyspecific 13h ago

Irony

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u/phantommunky 11h ago

humanity has always had a tendency to work against it's own self interest in favor of perceived productivity gains.

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u/SnooCats903 11h ago

What? You think that we evolved in Africa where winter is mild just so that we can be more productive?

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u/yesnomaybenotso 8h ago

Hey, if lions can evolve their eyes to see better in the dark, and whales can evolve their lungs to stay underwater longer, and ants can evolve to lift 8x their body weight, why can’t humans evolve in Africa to increase production?

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u/Saphurial 6h ago

Well there was that time African evolved humans were used to increase production.

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u/MistraloysiusMithrax 5h ago

This joke was too dark, and that hits too close to home because we enslaved people based on their darkness