[anotheronebytes]

> They’re pretty good at the second part I assume, the practice is as old as humanity itself

wrong. it's as old as civilization itself, yes. But humanity is not exactly the same as civilization

edit: so the numbers (of votes) say that I'm wrong, so humanity is the same as its civilization? wtf.

[JumpCrisscross]

> so humanity is the same as its civilization

It’s pedantic, as others point out. But it’s a fun derailment, and I’ll argue yes.

Humanity is not the same as being biologically Homo sapiens. What it means to be humane is inextricably linked to the bonds of society. (And that’s before fun hypotheses like bicameral mentality [1]. Granted, in the same folder as the one-electron universe.)

More fundamentally, using force to get something you want is as old as carnivorism, older than humanity, civilisation and even mammals.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicameral_mentality

[TonyTrapp]

Or maybe people just see the comment as needlessly pedantic, adding nothing of value to the conversation.

[CommitSyn]

Are you a bot, or did we just happen to say almost exactly the same thing within seconds of each other?

[TonyTrapp]

Given that your comment ID is two higher than mine, you must be the bot, or I am a bot that can predict the future ;) But yes, I was also amused by the almost-identical phrasing.

[CommitSyn]

You're being downvoted for being needlessly pedantic while adding nothing to the conversation. This is not reddit. Things work a bit differently around here, so lurking before posting is suggested.