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by kittensmittens5 205 days ago
Until recently in human history 100% of humans were illiterate.
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“Recently” seems to mean something different in your comment than the one you replied to. As in at least an order of magnitude difference, maybe two.
Terrible analogy.

btw analogy is not a good way to win arguments.

Winning arguments with analogies is like painting still life with a broad brush
Lmao welcome to HN, baby! Every reply chain here:

1. Some point.

2. Counterpoint.

3. Countercounterpoint.

4-10. Belabored analogies that people argue about.

11-15. Weird blood-and-soil stuff.