• VikingHippie
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    8 months ago

    You could say the same about can openers or shelves, though 🤷

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      8 months ago

      I’m not sure if you’re praising or damning can openers

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        8 months ago

        Neither. Just pointing out that some people are less useful than even the simplest and most circumstantial technology 🤷

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          Fun fact: The metal can, and canning process were invented 80 years before the first can opener. Up until that point people opened them with whatever tools they had available, such as a knife, a hammer and screwdriver, or an axe.