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Actually... Hammers and hammer-rocks from the early stone age would be likely to have been made out of metal-rich minerals like hematite.
Nearly all other rocks would have crumbled quickly. But some good ol' iron ore?
The picture very clearly shows a metal head hammer on a perfectly carved wooden handle, wielded by a clean shaven man in a plastic hard hat. So it's definitely not 7999 BC
Nearly all minerals are metal rich. Even plaster contains metal as a chemical compound. It's not relevant at all though for the properties. Hematite contains no iron in an elemental form.
[CE - was used for miners](https://www.bullard.com/insights/history-of-the-hard-hat/#:~:text=The%20'Hard%20Boiled%C2%AE%20Hat,leather%20brim%2C%20and%20black%20paint.)
At least he's not wearing safety glasses, which did not exist yet. Corrective lenses were not invented until the 13th century and OSHA did not exist until 1971, forcing their use.
"Come to think of it, why do we use 'BC'? What does that even stand for?"
"Before Christ."
"Well, who the devil is that? And what, pray tell, makes him so important that we've structured our years to count down to... Him? What happens after Christ, anyway? Do the years start over at zero, or do we still account for the millennia of years we've had before this Christ Fellow? Our whole prehistoric culture truly is a boggle!"
You’re confusing the two systems. There is the old system which is BC,before Christ, and AD which is Latin for anno domini meaning the year of our lord (basically since Jesus’s birth). People didn’t like the religion part so they started to change to CE, common era, and BCE, before common era. Common era still starts at Jesus’s birth.
That's why it's BCE and not BC. BCE stands for "Before the Common Era". And CE is the "Common Era". This makes a lot more sense than BC-AD.
Plus, when we say "Before Christ", what exactly is the time we're referring here? Before the birth of Christ or the death of Christ? But the Common Era is just Common Era, there's a fixed date and we're just gonna use it as a starting point. No questions needed.
It's the same system, only the names are different. But what I mean is that the BC-AD makes no sense even though there's a fixed date. It's an academically moronic name, that's what it is.
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I was smart enough to immediately get that, yes, that meme was ... correct?
But I was not smart enough to immediately get that was the joke.
Took me more than a second.
7999 BC that's just one year after 8000 BC, right? Either I don't get the meme or I'm just way too intelligent for this world at counting years before and after Christ ..
Anyway I guess what was meant was: we still use hammers in 2024 AC. After the hammer was invented in 8000 BC.
Yes.
Because the tool makes sense.
Jesus.
I had this question too the first time I saw this joke. Unfortunately that's all there is to the joke. They're hoping we don't count the BC's correctly. If we count it correctly, there is no joke
Yes, so this post fits the sub. I'm just answering OC who is asking what the joke was.
Since r/technicallythetruth has 2 layers of joke. Layer 1 is "what that's not true", Layer 2 is "oh wait it is true I guess". OC understood Layer 2 of the joke, but is asking where is Layer 1 part of joke. So I answered that
If one person on the entire planet invented it, it means this invention is only accessible to that one person. And something tells me they cannot publish their invention online @ 8000 BC.
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Not true. Hard hats weren't invented until 1919
And metal hammers were not invented at least until 3500 BC
Actually... Hammers and hammer-rocks from the early stone age would be likely to have been made out of metal-rich minerals like hematite. Nearly all other rocks would have crumbled quickly. But some good ol' iron ore?
The picture very clearly shows a metal head hammer on a perfectly carved wooden handle, wielded by a clean shaven man in a plastic hard hat. So it's definitely not 7999 BC
7998?
More like 1998 AD
Really?
Unless the guy's a time traveler teaching cavemen to build
Nearly all minerals are metal rich. Even plaster contains metal as a chemical compound. It's not relevant at all though for the properties. Hematite contains no iron in an elemental form.
Hematite? Sir, there might be minors reading this sub!
Close but no cigar my friend, the first 'tool steel' comes in around 1868 and that is no iron rounding or cross peen hammer.
I was referring to the very invention of metalworking
BC or CE?
[CE - was used for miners](https://www.bullard.com/insights/history-of-the-hard-hat/#:~:text=The%20'Hard%20Boiled%C2%AE%20Hat,leather%20brim%2C%20and%20black%20paint.)
At least he's not wearing safety glasses, which did not exist yet. Corrective lenses were not invented until the 13th century and OSHA did not exist until 1971, forcing their use.
NO SHIT, THATS THE FUCKING JOKE DICKWAD
People in BC: "What are we counting down to?"
"Come to think of it, why do we use 'BC'? What does that even stand for?" "Before Christ." "Well, who the devil is that? And what, pray tell, makes him so important that we've structured our years to count down to... Him? What happens after Christ, anyway? Do the years start over at zero, or do we still account for the millennia of years we've had before this Christ Fellow? Our whole prehistoric culture truly is a boggle!"
Actually BC/BCE just means before the common era, so before we had numbers for our years from 1 to 2024, christ doesn't need to be involved in years
You’re confusing the two systems. There is the old system which is BC,before Christ, and AD which is Latin for anno domini meaning the year of our lord (basically since Jesus’s birth). People didn’t like the religion part so they started to change to CE, common era, and BCE, before common era. Common era still starts at Jesus’s birth.
I'm still correct, there's just two things you can say to it
BC is before Christ, BCE is before common era. They do both refer to the same time though, sorry I misunderstood.
That's why it's BCE and not BC. BCE stands for "Before the Common Era". And CE is the "Common Era". This makes a lot more sense than BC-AD. Plus, when we say "Before Christ", what exactly is the time we're referring here? Before the birth of Christ or the death of Christ? But the Common Era is just Common Era, there's a fixed date and we're just gonna use it as a starting point. No questions needed.
BC was obviously a fixed date, too. Same date as BCE, just more efficient.
It's the same system, only the names are different. But what I mean is that the BC-AD makes no sense even though there's a fixed date. It's an academically moronic name, that's what it is.
BCE is a contrived acronym chosen to be very similar to BC. BC worked just fine.
For you maybe. As a historian academic, it doesn't work for me. Thank god that the Reddit idiots and commoners don't decide these things lol.
As a historian academic? BC is the standard acronym outside your pretentious bubble. The fact that you care so much is sad.
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Took you a second, took them a year apparently. Not sure why they waited to use their new invention.
I no get it
Does the year 7999 BC start on December 31st that year, or in January?
why would it start on dec 31?
January 1st year 0 marks the beginning of our calendar.
i still don't understand, but it would start on jan 1st. also, there was no year 0
I am certain that you have it correct and I’m wrong. Marijuana dictates this pattern. ;) cheers
I’m also smoking lots of marijuana. So, that too…
Nailed it!
I was smart enough to immediately get that, yes, that meme was ... correct? But I was not smart enough to immediately get that was the joke. Took me more than a second.
8000 b.c. was hammer time
7999 BC that's just one year after 8000 BC, right? Either I don't get the meme or I'm just way too intelligent for this world at counting years before and after Christ .. Anyway I guess what was meant was: we still use hammers in 2024 AC. After the hammer was invented in 8000 BC. Yes. Because the tool makes sense. Jesus.
I had this question too the first time I saw this joke. Unfortunately that's all there is to the joke. They're hoping we don't count the BC's correctly. If we count it correctly, there is no joke
this is r/technicallythetruth
Yes, so this post fits the sub. I'm just answering OC who is asking what the joke was. Since r/technicallythetruth has 2 layers of joke. Layer 1 is "what that's not true", Layer 2 is "oh wait it is true I guess". OC understood Layer 2 of the joke, but is asking where is Layer 1 part of joke. So I answered that
oh i low-key thought they were asking for layer 2 lmao my bad sry
It was called an accordion previous to 7999 bc.
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Author, you don't need a hammer here.
So in 8001 BC they were using the wrong end of a screwdriver ?
Who needs hammer, when I got rock.
If one person on the entire planet invented it, it means this invention is only accessible to that one person. And something tells me they cannot publish their invention online @ 8000 BC.
took me a couple minutes to understand it lol
No, people were invented much longer ago.
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Lmao BCE counts down