• Dave@lemmy.nz
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      3 years ago

      I get that, but I don’t get the joke. Is the joke that after bows were invented, people started using them?

      • JackbyDev@programming.dev
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        3 years ago

        The joke is that the format of this is normally

        • Thing began in X
        • People in X - 1

        So when you first see it you’re like “haha, but wait that’s a bow…” then you remember “ah yes, it’s BC”

      • The Picard ManeuverOP
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        3 years ago

        It’s a meta meme, playing off of the format that usually has people doing something silly before the time something was invented. But it’s backwards because it’s BC.

        Examples:

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        3 years ago

        I think the joke is that people who don’t know how years work would think 4999 BC was before 5000.

      • EvokerKing
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        3 years ago

        I think he is trying to use c/memes as r/technicallythetruth.