888
Help. (mander.xyz)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 31 points 1 day ago

Back in pre-agriculture days, humans would sit around every night by the fire and interact with the rest of the tribe. That's what we spent 99% of human history doing. Farming isolated us from the tribe and put every family in their own house. Then the Industrial Age gave the family distractions like newspapers, radios, and movies. Currently we've got a phone to distract us all the time.

[-] diaphanous@feddit.org 7 points 1 day ago

Don't forget the glorious idea of private property!

[-] DagwoodIII@piefed.social -5 points 1 day ago

People always had private property.

[-] OfCourseNot@fedia.io 16 points 1 day ago

Remember kids: personal property IS NOT the same as private property.

[-] chocrates@piefed.world 17 points 1 day ago

Always seems like a stretch. Not all cultures had the concept

[-] Dojan@pawb.social 10 points 1 day ago

Even then, there’s a difference between having a bracelet or a necklace someone gifted you, versus owning multiple living spaces while others in your community die due to exposures to the elements.

Modern society is worthless.

[-] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 1 day ago

I don't remember where I read it, but there's a concept of private property vs personal property. Personal property is your stuff you use, like your bracelet or your bowl. Private property is your apartment building.

[-] chocrates@piefed.world 6 points 1 day ago

Rumour has it that some American Native tribes had zero personal property, down to things like tools. The concept just didn't exist, everything was communal.

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

I doubt this rumor. I thought they all had some personal items they carried around like their clothes.

[-] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 day ago

I'm a fan of sharing as much as the next person but I'm not sharing my toothbrush.

[-] wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io 3 points 1 day ago

They would also outcast and shun most of the asshats.

We do the same, just nowadays most of the asshats self-shun and that’s how we get things like wireborn parasocial relationships.

this post was submitted on 14 Aug 2025
888 points (98.7% liked)

Science Memes

16250 readers
2782 users here now

Welcome to c/science_memes @ Mander.xyz!

A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.



Rules

  1. Don't throw mud. Behave like an intellectual and remember the human.
  2. Keep it rooted (on topic).
  3. No spam.
  4. Infographics welcome, get schooled.

This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.



Research Committee

Other Mander Communities

Science and Research

Biology and Life Sciences

Physical Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Practical and Applied Sciences

Memes

Miscellaneous

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS