this post was submitted on 02 Sep 2023
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Timeline reading "All ties" from the far left until "Invention of scissors, -3000". Then it's reading "Rock advantage" until a second marker called "Invention of paper, -179". The final description from there to the far right reads "Balanced".

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[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For a more exiting game of rock/paper/scissors, play for 5 points, each win 1 point, except if you win with rock, thats give you 2 points.

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

That actually sounds fun! I first thought it's a joke but it sounds like meta strategy.

Actually it's just strategy but meta makes it sound cooler so meta strategy it is.

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 year ago

Now do Snakes and Ladders

[–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Need to add the nuke in 1945AD. Strong nuke advantage

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

F tier, unused in meta since launch.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

For obvious reasons, the scissors weren't added until the discovery of metal in the Iron Age.

Banger post

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Blastasaurus@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Nothing beats rock!

[–] ludrol@qoto.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@emidio I choked on my saliva reading this.

[–] emidio@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry, shall I make another meme for you to spit it out?

[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Memes are for swallowers!

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Pretty sure paper was invented a bit earlier?

[–] Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You may be thinking of other media for writing like papyrus or animal hides

[–] emidio@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Indeed the mainstream media before was papyrus which is a bit different than paper. There was also an interesting thing where they cut bamboos to make some planks which where stringed together. They would write on the inside of the planks

[–] AppaYipYip@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Paper was invented in China by Cai Lun who died in 121 CE. It's definitely a lot older than 179 years ago.

[–] dabaldeagul@feddit.nl 4 points 1 year ago

I assume with "-179" OP means 179 years BC, not 179 years ago

[–] Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

I would argue that last time I checked we arent living in the year 1. In common usage -179 was 2023 - (-179) -1 = 2201 years ago
(the -1 is because there is no year 0)

Invention of shotgun ~1500s

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