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More people died by the spear than the sword, and if you don't like my opinion, I'll shove it up your ass with sharp stick! (slrpnk.net)
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[–] [email protected] 74 points 1 year ago (2 children)

the bow and arrow is just a logical extension of mankind's desire to poke each other at ever longer range.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 year ago

The natural wish to poke but not get poked back

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

rock->spear->bow and arrow->cannon->handheld cannon->auto-repeating handheld cannon->howitzer->ICBM->Predator drone

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

->relativistic kill vehicle.

You see it coming, omae wa mou shindeiru.

Only thing more scary would be triggering a vacuum decay event. But these tend to backfire quite spectacularly.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Orbital weapons platforms fit in there somewhere.