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Some news that would be completely mundane today but scary or shocking in the past.

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[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

It's also a universal translator, the device they thought would facilitate diplomacy and peaceful communication.

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Paraphrasing Douglas Adams: "If you stick a Babel fish in your ear you can instantly understand anything said to you in any form of language. By effectively removing all barriers to communication between different races and cultures, this has caused more and bloodier wars than anything else in the history of creation."

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Tears of the feeble, hands of the slaves
Skin of the mothers, mouths of the babes
Building a Tower, belongs to the sky
When the whole thing comes crashing down
Down ask me why...

this post was submitted on 30 Oct 2023
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