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Three most important historical events in human history?

"Events" to be defined as you like Mine: 1. ...
Cracking famous landscape painting
  01/15/25
Solid picks. Agriculture as the foundation of societal c...
180 bright field
  01/18/25
No one right answer to this, you'll get a lot of views, but ...
henna queen of the night
  01/15/25
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Irate judgmental potus
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vermilion impressive kitchen
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slate cowardly fortuitous meteor ticket booth
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amethyst glittery becky spot
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180 bright field
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Vivacious Lodge Hissy Fit
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soul-stirring snowy base friendly grandma
  03/29/25
The Day the Links Worked
brass alcoholic meetinghouse selfie
  06/15/25
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Grizzly stead dragon
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lascivious bat-shit-crazy trailer park
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razzmatazz property wrinkle
  06/15/25
How is agriculture an event.
Bearded stage mood
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dogpile myspace openai
Nubile school cafeteria ape
  01/15/25
Birth of Jesus Birth of Muhammad Birth of Trump
Onyx Self-absorbed Boiling Water Black Woman
  01/15/25
Figuring out the wheel was pretty big Also electricity &...
contagious idiotic gay wizard
  01/15/25
Jesus' life Gutenberg's printing press Development of ...
Heady saffron associate
  01/15/25
Colombian exchange was significant. It basically took a bunc...
contagious idiotic gay wizard
  01/15/25
took a bunch of people who for all purposes were nearly dist...
Cracking famous landscape painting
  01/15/25
Fire Electricity AI
Electric rigor locus
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Nubile school cafeteria ape
  01/15/25
1/6/21 tops the list, obviously. Still thinking about the ne...
razzle-dazzle weed whacker
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Irate judgmental potus
  01/15/25
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slate cowardly fortuitous meteor ticket booth
  01/17/25
Jesus's birth Gutenberg's printing press Jeter's flip
Milky Background Story
  01/15/25
To get the old slow (now dead) giambi out at the plate??
dull offensive locale
  01/16/25
Bro, most shortstops would have been standing at 2nd base.
Milky Background Story
  01/16/25
Agriculture, electricity, and Internet/AI represent 3 transf...
180 bright field
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180 bright field
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Agree w ag, electricity, and internet/ai
Maniacal sex offender
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180 bright field
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covid, george floyd, and the CA wildfires
sienna boistinker
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1. Buddha's Birth 2. Aryan Invasion 3. Vivek Ramaswamy's B...
laughsome hell cumskin
  01/16/25
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slate cowardly fortuitous meteor ticket booth
  01/17/25
Caesar Assassination French Revolution Nuclear Bombing...
Transparent gunner sanctuary
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180 bright field
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Trump saying pussy Announcing the wrong Best Picture winne...
racy talking set
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Tan Marketing Idea
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citrine milk chad
  01/18/25
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Vivacious Lodge Hissy Fit
  01/18/25
Indo-European migrations Hastings Hitler
hairraiser misanthropic idiot shitlib
  01/17/25
Cr that poa's shooting threat at UC Hastings changed everyth...
racy talking set
  01/17/25
I would argue that the most important "event" in h...
buff main people
  01/17/25
The independent or shared origins of fire use and agricultur...
180 bright field
  01/18/25
Salamis Battle of Cape Bon Waterloo
charismatic resort
  01/18/25
Christ tobacco Rudolf Diesel
Vivacious Lodge Hissy Fit
  01/18/25
Interesting trio - though ‘Christ’ and ‘to...
180 bright field
  01/18/25
Ag revolution (if you can call it an event) Alexander's con...
Vivacious Lodge Hissy Fit
  06/15/25
Whokebe and Mr. Jinx #1 for me
Irate judgmental potus
  06/15/25
Agriculture is not an "event". Renders the term m...
Bearded stage mood
  06/15/25
you make that criticism of agriculture, but then present &qu...
Olive Roommate
  06/15/25
Yeah, a strong argument could be made that bipedalism was th...
buff main people
  06/15/25
OP: "events" to be defined as you like
Vivacious Lodge Hissy Fit
  06/15/25
humans learn agriculture humans learn to read and write so ...
Peach gaped ratface
  06/15/25
1. the invention of writing 2. Alexander spreading the seed...
diverse emerald halford
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Date: January 15th, 2025 2:51 PM
Author: Cracking famous landscape painting

"Events" to be defined as you like

Mine:

1. Agriculture

2. Crucifixion of Jesus

3. Colombian exchange

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48555449)



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Date: January 18th, 2025 2:38 AM
Author: 180 bright field

Solid picks.

Agriculture as the foundation of societal complexity, the crucifixion of Jesus for its enduring influence on Western culture and morality, and the Colombian Exchange as the catalyst for globalization and biological convergence—hard to argue with the breadth of those choices, though after agriculture I propose electricity and then internet/AI.

Given its role in democratizing knowledge and accelerating these cultural shifts, would you say the printing press deserves a spot over one of these?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48562406)



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Date: January 15th, 2025 2:55 PM
Author: henna queen of the night

No one right answer to this, you'll get a lot of views, but to me, considering it carefully, it's probably:

1) founding of XO;

2) C12 outing;

3) loss of XO SSL certificate.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48555459)



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Date: January 15th, 2025 3:33 PM
Author: Irate judgmental potus



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48555551)



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Date: January 15th, 2025 3:38 PM
Author: vermilion impressive kitchen



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Date: January 17th, 2025 9:20 PM
Author: slate cowardly fortuitous meteor ticket booth



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48561905)



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Date: January 17th, 2025 11:05 PM
Author: amethyst glittery becky spot



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48562121)



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Date: January 18th, 2025 2:27 AM
Author: 180 bright field



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48562386)



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Date: January 18th, 2025 3:21 AM
Author: Vivacious Lodge Hissy Fit



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48562475)



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Date: March 29th, 2025 1:05 PM
Author: soul-stirring snowy base friendly grandma



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48794274)



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Date: June 15th, 2025 1:02 PM
Author: brass alcoholic meetinghouse selfie

The Day the Links Worked

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#49017547)



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Date: June 15th, 2025 3:35 PM
Author: Grizzly stead dragon



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Date: June 15th, 2025 1:04 PM
Author: lascivious bat-shit-crazy trailer park



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#49017555)



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Date: June 15th, 2025 3:37 PM
Author: razzmatazz property wrinkle



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#49017999)



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Date: January 15th, 2025 2:59 PM
Author: Bearded stage mood

How is agriculture an event.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48555466)



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Date: January 15th, 2025 2:59 PM
Author: Nubile school cafeteria ape

dogpile

myspace

openai

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48555468)



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Date: January 15th, 2025 3:01 PM
Author: Onyx Self-absorbed Boiling Water Black Woman

Birth of Jesus

Birth of Muhammad

Birth of Trump

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48555476)



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Date: January 15th, 2025 3:01 PM
Author: contagious idiotic gay wizard

Figuring out the wheel was pretty big

Also electricity > agriculture

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48555479)



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Date: January 15th, 2025 3:04 PM
Author: Heady saffron associate

Jesus' life

Gutenberg's printing press

Development of the scientific method

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48555493)



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Date: January 15th, 2025 3:07 PM
Author: contagious idiotic gay wizard

Colombian exchange was significant. It basically took a bunch of violent murderous savages and gave them brains, which directly led to things like the modern drug cartels

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48555502)



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Date: January 15th, 2025 3:11 PM
Author: Cracking famous landscape painting

took a bunch of people who for all purposes were nearly distinct species, and jumbled them

not to mention the animals and plants.

whole earth was different after those boats. new planet, first day

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48555514)



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Date: January 15th, 2025 3:30 PM
Author: Electric rigor locus

Fire

Electricity

AI

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48555547)



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Date: January 15th, 2025 3:35 PM
Author: Nubile school cafeteria ape



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48555554)



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Date: January 15th, 2025 3:35 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle weed whacker

1/6/21 tops the list, obviously. Still thinking about the next two

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48555553)



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Date: January 15th, 2025 3:36 PM
Author: Irate judgmental potus



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48555560)



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Date: January 17th, 2025 9:21 PM
Author: slate cowardly fortuitous meteor ticket booth



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48561907)



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Date: January 15th, 2025 3:41 PM
Author: Milky Background Story

Jesus's birth

Gutenberg's printing press

Jeter's flip

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48555586)



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Date: January 16th, 2025 1:34 PM
Author: dull offensive locale

To get the old slow (now dead) giambi out at the plate??

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48557995)



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Date: January 16th, 2025 1:37 PM
Author: Milky Background Story

Bro, most shortstops would have been standing at 2nd base.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48558000)



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Date: January 15th, 2025 4:05 PM
Author: 180 bright field

Agriculture, electricity, and Internet/AI represent 3 transformative platforms that redefined human progress.

Agriculture enabled societal complexity, electricity powered industrialization and modern innovation, and internet/AI pushes the boundaries of automation and intelligence.

Each marks a turning point, cascading into systems that shape the modern world.

Runner-ups include the invention of writing, which preserved and shared human knowledge across generations; the printing press, which democratized information and accelerated the Renaissance; the steam engine, which revolutionized transportation and industry; and the development of the telegraph/Morse code, which laid the groundwork for modern communication networks.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48555651)



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Date: January 16th, 2025 4:38 AM
Author: 180 bright field



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48557013)



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Date: January 16th, 2025 5:29 AM
Author: Maniacal sex offender

Agree w ag, electricity, and internet/ai

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48557033)



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Date: January 16th, 2025 6:01 AM
Author: 180 bright field



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48557045)



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Date: January 15th, 2025 4:06 PM
Author: sienna boistinker

covid, george floyd, and the CA wildfires

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48555652)



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Date: January 16th, 2025 5:34 AM
Author: laughsome hell cumskin

1. Buddha's Birth

2. Aryan Invasion

3. Vivek Ramaswamy's Birth

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48557034)



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Date: January 17th, 2025 9:21 PM
Author: slate cowardly fortuitous meteor ticket booth



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48561908)



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Date: January 16th, 2025 2:14 PM
Author: Transparent gunner sanctuary

Caesar Assassination

French Revolution

Nuclear Bombing of Japan

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48558123)



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Date: January 17th, 2025 9:20 PM
Author: 180 bright field



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48561904)



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Date: January 17th, 2025 10:46 PM
Author: racy talking set

Trump saying pussy

Announcing the wrong Best Picture winner

Taylor Swift red body paint AI pics

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48562072)



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Date: January 17th, 2025 10:49 PM
Author: Tan Marketing Idea



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48562078)



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Date: January 18th, 2025 12:58 AM
Author: citrine milk chad



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48562308)



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Date: January 18th, 2025 1:06 AM
Author: Vivacious Lodge Hissy Fit



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48562316)



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Date: January 17th, 2025 10:57 PM
Author: hairraiser misanthropic idiot shitlib

Indo-European migrations

Hastings

Hitler

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48562097)



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Date: January 17th, 2025 11:08 PM
Author: racy talking set

Cr that poa's shooting threat at UC Hastings changed everything for xo and the world

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48562132)



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Date: January 17th, 2025 11:20 PM
Author: buff main people

I would argue that the most important "event" in human history is the point where we developed our advanced linguistic capabilities. Up until a few tens of thousands of years ago, we lived in small bands in Africa using only primitive tools. Then suddenly we began using far more complex tools and colonized the entire fucking planet. Nobody knows for sure what caused this, but mastering language seems like the most likely bet.

Beyond language, fire and agriculture would be the next ones on my list. Without fire, we can't cook food, and we probably never have enough calories to develop brains big enough to master language. And even with language, there was no way to create large, complex civilizations without agriculture.

But both of these innovations are stretching the idea of an "event." Agriculture was developed independently at least 7-8 times over the course of human history. Fire dates back to prehistoric times, but it seems doubtful that it was discovered only once, especially given that language hadn't been invented yet, so it wasn't exactly easy to share the news.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48562151)



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Date: January 18th, 2025 2:28 AM
Author: 180 bright field

The independent or shared origins of fire use and agriculture are fascinating questions with implications for human development. Let’s break it down:

1. Fire:

Evidence of Independent Discovery:

Early humans likely discovered fire independently in various regions. Evidence of controlled fire use dates back to 1–2 million years ago, with sites in Africa (e.g., Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa) showing early fire use by Homo erectus.

The natural occurrence of fire (e.g., lightning strikes) and its widespread availability would have allowed multiple groups of humans to encounter and experiment with fire independently.

Techniques for creating and maintaining fire (e.g., using friction or sparks from stones) likely developed separately in different regions as humans spread across the globe.

2. Agriculture:

Evidence of Independent Discovery:

Agriculture arose independently in several parts of the world during the Neolithic period (10,000–12,000 years ago), with distinct domestication events. Examples include:

Fertile Crescent (wheat, barley, lentils).

East Asia (rice, millet).

Mesoamerica (maize, beans, squash).

Andes/Amazonia (potatoes, quinoa).

Sub-Saharan Africa (sorghum, yams).

Papua New Guinea (bananas, taro).

The independent development of agriculture is supported by genetic and archaeological evidence showing that domestication occurred at different times and with different species, adapted to local climates and environments.

Shared Origin vs. Independent Discoveries:

Fire: Likely discovered and mastered multiple times independently due to its natural presence and the universal utility it offered for cooking, warmth, protection, and tool-making.

Agriculture: Developed independently in response to similar environmental pressures, such as climate stabilization at the end of the Ice Age, population growth, and resource demands.

3. Influence and Spread:

While both fire and agriculture likely originated independently in multiple locations, cultural diffusion played a role in spreading techniques and innovations between groups.

For example, early agricultural practices and crops often spread along trade routes and migrations, blending innovations from multiple sources.

Fire management techniques could also spread through cultural exchange, but its discovery was less likely reliant on contact.

Conclusion:

Both fire and agriculture likely have independent origins, discovered by separate groups in different regions. However, once these technologies were developed, they could have been shared and refined through interactions between human populations. Fire predates agriculture by hundreds of thousands of years, making it a more universal and ancient discovery.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48562388)



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Date: January 18th, 2025 12:40 AM
Author: charismatic resort

Salamis

Battle of Cape Bon

Waterloo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48562293)



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Date: January 18th, 2025 2:33 AM
Author: Vivacious Lodge Hissy Fit

Christ

tobacco

Rudolf Diesel

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48562400)



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Date: January 18th, 2025 2:39 AM
Author: 180 bright field

Interesting trio - though ‘Christ’ and ‘tobacco’ both fit as transformative forces, the addition of Rudolf Diesel feels niche compared to broader historical pivots like electricity or the internet/AI.

What’s your rationale? Are you framing Diesel as emblematic of industrialization or as a more symbolic figure for modern technological acceleration?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48562407)



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Date: June 15th, 2025 12:51 PM
Author: Vivacious Lodge Hissy Fit

Ag revolution (if you can call it an event)

Alexander's conquest

Techno Viking



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#49017530)



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Date: June 15th, 2025 12:56 PM
Author: Irate judgmental potus

Whokebe and Mr. Jinx #1 for me

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#49017537)



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Date: June 15th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: Bearded stage mood

Agriculture is not an "event". Renders the term meaningless. That was a process which occurred over thousands of years.

Thats like saying "politicth" = most important event. Gay and stupid and thoughtless.

With that stated, tcr is:

Upright walking

Mastery of fire

Mastety of electricity



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#49017549)



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Date: June 15th, 2025 1:12 PM
Author: Olive Roommate

you make that criticism of agriculture, but then present "upright walking"? like one dude stood up once, everyone looked at him and stood up, and bam upright walking from then on?



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#49017583)



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Date: June 15th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: buff main people

Yeah, a strong argument could be made that bipedalism was the most important "event" in human history. But most likely this was a far more gradual process than something like agriculture. Even chimps can walk on two feet for short distances.

That said, if I remember correctly, there were some enormous changes in the fossil record at almost exactly the same time that humans became bipedal. Our male ancestors became much smaller and lost their large canines (which our primate cousins use exclusively to fight with other males, primarily for access to females). The most likely explanation is that once we were bipedal, it became possible to carry food long distances in our hands. And almost immediately, our female ancestors starting fucking the males that would bring them food and other resources rather than the males who were biggest and strongest and could beat up the other males. I guess women have been whores for a very long time.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#49017619)



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Date: June 15th, 2025 4:46 PM
Author: Vivacious Lodge Hissy Fit

OP: "events" to be defined as you like

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#49018170)



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Date: June 15th, 2025 4:49 PM
Author: Peach gaped ratface

humans learn agriculture

humans learn to read and write so good

humans learn fire

honorable mention: AI for the start of the end of the world as we know it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#49018174)



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Date: June 15th, 2025 4:50 PM
Author: diverse emerald halford

1. the invention of writing

2. Alexander spreading the seeds of what would become western civilization

3. Columbian exchange is a pretty tough one to argue

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#49018176)