[theguppydream]

Bill Bryson on Stonehenge:

"Can you imagine trying to talk six hundred people into helping you drag a fifty-ton stone eighteen miles across the countryside and muscle it into an upright position, and then saying, 'Right, lads! Another twenty like that...and then we can party!'"

(Yes, I only know that quote from Civ 6)

[L_226]

The key is to tell them that God(s) told you to tell them to do it.

[iamnotacrook]

If you consider how much time and effort goes into making a lot of movies and music which to all intents and purposes are identical as far as I can tell (but which I'm assuming makes someone a lot of money) then it's not clear why people find it puzzling that a bunch of smart (if missing some modern implements) people moved a few stones around a bit for a laugh.

[gilrain]

"which to all intents and purposes are identical as far as I can tell"

What naked disdain for the creative labor of others.

[asfarley]

I didn't read that comment as disdain at all; just drawing an equivalence between prehistoric, not-necessary-for-survival activites and modern not-necessary-for-survival activities.

[iamnotacrook]

An opinion, yes. The horror!