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[-] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.cafe 23 points 2 weeks ago

I bet indigenous peoples knew about it at certain points.

[-] hansolo@lemmy.today 21 points 2 weeks ago

Indigenous People: "Hello? Why hey, strangers, who are-"

Capt. Cook or some shit: "Hey there, you fellas good at working? Like, lots of manual labor?"

Indigenous People: "uhh... Wut?"

Capt Cook: "F it. Take the women, take their food, burn the rest."

Indigenous People: "Bro, hold up, we got this bug that looks like a sti-"

Capt Cook: "BURN IT ALL. NOW!"

Indigenous People: He'll never know about that really big F'in stick bug!

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Captain Christopher Cooklumbus: "You don't want to work, huh? How about if we cut off your hands?"

[-] hansolo@lemmy.today 2 points 2 weeks ago

"I mean, it's not like you're using them anyway? Amiright?"

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Hands, schmands!

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

"A new species discovered" means "hey, we noticed nobody ever catalogued that one!"

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 8 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah! And, I don't even necessarily mean to discount ignoring indigenous folks, which definitely can be a thing, but it really really does come down to sometimes folks just don't write it down. I've seen a video (I wanna say a Smarter Everyday video) where they were in some South American jungle/rain forest or whatever and they very casually shine a light at a cloth to get moths to land on it, and they found like one or two new species.

[-] Tomassci@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago
[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago

Could be, that's another channel I watch often. I might be getting some of Smarter Everyday's other nature oriented videos confused because I don't think Standup Maths does many.

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