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Three most important historical events in human history?

"Events" to be defined as you like Mine: 1. ...
Talented maroon becky
  01/15/25
Solid picks. Agriculture as the foundation of societal c...
fishy fat ankles base
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No one right answer to this, you'll get a lot of views, but ...
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The Day the Links Worked
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high noon flavored seltzer tp
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a firm handshake and a registered letter
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Jeremy Wade Delle
  06/15/25
How is agriculture an event.
high-end confused trailer park
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dogpile myspace openai
racy affirmative action sound barrier
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Birth of Jesus Birth of Muhammad Birth of Trump
heady resort main people
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Figuring out the wheel was pretty big Also electricity &...
Erotic idiot office
  01/15/25
Jesus' life Gutenberg's printing press Development of ...
Arrogant internet-worthy antidepressant drug house
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Colombian exchange was significant. It basically took a bunc...
Erotic idiot office
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took a bunch of people who for all purposes were nearly dist...
Talented maroon becky
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Fire Electricity AI
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racy affirmative action sound barrier
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1/6/21 tops the list, obviously. Still thinking about the ne...
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arousing point
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Ruby Striped Hyena Chapel
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Jesus's birth Gutenberg's printing press Jeter's flip
Soggy Area
  01/15/25
To get the old slow (now dead) giambi out at the plate??
Clear School Cafeteria
  01/16/25
Bro, most shortstops would have been standing at 2nd base.
Soggy Area
  01/16/25
Agriculture, electricity, and Internet/AI represent 3 transf...
fishy fat ankles base
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fishy fat ankles base
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Agree w ag, electricity, and internet/ai
fuchsia autistic organic girlfriend locus
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fishy fat ankles base
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covid, george floyd, and the CA wildfires
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1. Buddha's Birth 2. Aryan Invasion 3. Vivek Ramaswamy's B...
judgmental heaven boistinker
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Ruby Striped Hyena Chapel
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Caesar Assassination French Revolution Nuclear Bombing...
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fishy fat ankles base
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Trump saying pussy Announcing the wrong Best Picture winne...
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twinkling school
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Slippery Space
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Indo-European migrations Hastings Hitler
grizzly multi-colored field hunting ground
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Cr that poa's shooting threat at UC Hastings changed everyth...
comical insanely creepy crotch
  01/17/25
I would argue that the most important "event" in h...
Sooty Sweet Tailpipe Whorehouse
  01/17/25
The independent or shared origins of fire use and agricultur...
fishy fat ankles base
  01/18/25
Salamis Battle of Cape Bon Waterloo
Lime coffee pot stage
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Christ tobacco Rudolf Diesel
Slippery Space
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Interesting trio - though ‘Christ’ and ‘to...
fishy fat ankles base
  01/18/25
Ag revolution (if you can call it an event) Alexander's con...
Dunedain cowboy
  06/15/25
Whokebe and Mr. Jinx #1 for me
Iran War fan
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Agriculture is not an "event". Renders the term m...
Senior Ethics Official
  06/15/25
you make that criticism of agriculture, but then present &qu...
peeface
  06/15/25
Yeah, a strong argument could be made that bipedalism was th...
.,.,,...,...,..,....,...,...,...
  06/15/25
OP: "events" to be defined as you like
Dunedain cowboy
  06/15/25
humans learn agriculture humans learn to read and write so ...
""''"'"'"'"''
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1. the invention of writing 2. Alexander spreading the seed...
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Date: January 15th, 2025 2:51 PM
Author: Talented maroon becky

"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: fishy fat ankles base

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: turquoise exciting turdskin rigor

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: arousing point



(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: histrionic brunch



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Date: January 17th, 2025 9:20 PM
Author: Ruby Striped Hyena Chapel



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Date: January 17th, 2025 11:05 PM
Author: Slate Soul-stirring Theater Stage Boltzmann



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Date: January 18th, 2025 2:27 AM
Author: fishy fat ankles base



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Date: January 18th, 2025 3:21 AM
Author: Slippery Space



(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: thriller market



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Date: June 15th, 2025 1:02 PM
Author: fulano

The Day the Links Worked

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Date: June 15th, 2025 3:35 PM
Author: high noon flavored seltzer tp



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Date: June 15th, 2025 1:04 PM
Author: a firm handshake and a registered letter (βœ…πŸ‘)



(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: Jeremy Wade Delle



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Date: January 15th, 2025 2:59 PM
Author: high-end confused trailer park

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: racy affirmative action sound barrier

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: heady resort main people

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: Erotic idiot office

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: Arrogant internet-worthy antidepressant drug house

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: Erotic idiot office

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: Talented maroon becky

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: Salmon Vibrant Pit Pervert

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: racy affirmative action sound barrier



(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: Apoplectic floppy mexican

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: arousing point



(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: Ruby Striped Hyena Chapel



(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: Soggy Area

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: Clear School Cafeteria

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: Soggy Area

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: fishy fat ankles base

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: fishy fat ankles base



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Date: January 16th, 2025 5:29 AM
Author: fuchsia autistic organic girlfriend locus

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: fishy fat ankles base



(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: Violent Supple Volcanic Crater Theater

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: judgmental heaven boistinker

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: Ruby Striped Hyena Chapel



(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: Light stubborn shrine

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: fishy fat ankles base



(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: comical insanely creepy crotch

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: twinkling school



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Date: January 18th, 2025 12:58 AM
Author: Misanthropic Stead



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Date: January 18th, 2025 1:06 AM
Author: Slippery Space



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Date: January 17th, 2025 10:57 PM
Author: grizzly multi-colored field hunting ground

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: comical insanely creepy crotch

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: Sooty Sweet Tailpipe Whorehouse

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: fishy fat ankles base

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: Lime coffee pot stage

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: Slippery Space

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: fishy fat ankles base

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: Dunedain cowboy (πŸΎπŸ‘£)

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: Iran War fan

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: Senior Ethics Official

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: peeface

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: .,.,,...,...,..,....,...,...,...


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: Dunedain cowboy (πŸΎπŸ‘£)

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: ""''"'"'"'"''

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: hank_scorpio

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)