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[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Y'all ever wish we were still cave people?

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ehh...not really. I enjoy too many of the things that make life more comfortable. Plus I would have died already. If not by some hunting mishap then when my appendix tried to kill me about 10 years ago.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

Plus floride and iodine anonymously save millions of lives, before we even get to penicillin and germ theory.

[–] LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

maaaan...

Although, to be fair, without semi-modern medicine, I'd have died 2-3 times as a kid, and without semi-modern surgery, I'd at least be crippled as a result of being a stupid teenager.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Pretty sure you would've only died once.

They did the math.

[–] Honytawk@feddit.nl 4 points 1 day ago

Absolutely not

[–] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

I woulda been dead around 10 if not for the medical technology

[–] fading_person@lemmy.zip 2 points 23 hours ago

Metaphorically, I live in a came I'm sort of a caveman

[–] lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 day ago

Would have choked myself to death in the womb, so no