this post was submitted on 12 Feb 2026
202 points (97.2% liked)
Memes
54407 readers
635 users here now
Rules:
- Be civil and nice.
- Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.
founded 6 years ago
MODERATORS
π ±οΈring 2018 memes π ±οΈack
Well no other animal has mastered Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography either.
Also this one time I shot up heroin whilst peaking on acid and MDMA whilst sucking a bulb of nitrous whilst having sex (fine it was a blow job)
Even some of the more intelligent apes haven't mastered that either
You win on drug count, but still tie on "doing all the drugs available" with multiple other mammals
United by high cholesterol!
It's a combination of tool use, community/society, and opposable thumbs
what other animal cooks their food at all?
Many (crows, racoons, probably more) will use water to soften food, which is kinda similar. Control of fire I think is too difficult for proper cooking.
Some australian raptors will deliberately spread wildfires to hunt. So they probably cook some food, but it's not intentionally for that reason.
Anyone who has tasted good karage will never argue with the assertion that fried chicken is the greatest accomplish of human civilization.
specifically, fried chicken is near universal
nah. it's cooking