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[–] atx_aquarian@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Is the joke that they didn't waste any time arming with the new tech?

[–] eatham@aussie.zone 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

4999BC is 1 year after 5000BC

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 1 points 1 year 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"