So... one thing that happens in hard core "intelligent design" circles is that they say humans could never have been "naturally selected this way" and one of the things they'll point to is the argument that bipeds are easy prey for faster quadrupeds...
There are lots of ways to prove them wrong (bipeds are good tree climbers, for instance) but my favorite is THIS.

The FIRST early hominid self-defense mechanism, before tool use, was very like this: THROWING GODDAMN ROCKS.
Early hominids were likely the very first mammals, on the goddamn planet, to have a *ranged attack.*

I like to think about just how *confused* a saber-tooth tiger must of have been, when it first got pelted by rocks.
Anyway... yeah... The Big Unit here is actually a evolutionary fossil. :). His skills are a big part of why we're here.

AND HE'S A LEFTY! :)
Sorry, also, while we're here, don't sleep on the sling.

Like, you'd take David with a sling and room to maneuver *any day* over strong dude with a sword. Sling is goddamn OP before, you know, hats and stuff. :)

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There white people who think I wrote the story about how Black people aren't here to serve white people as a service to white people. And thus am inviting white criticism of MY OWN DAMN EXPERIENCES.

Which just, like, takes some fucking NERVE man.
Like, if you read it and you learned a little something, I'm happy for you. And if you read it and learned nothing, I'm sorry for you. But, it wasn't really about you. NOT EVERY GODDAMN THING IS ABOUT YOU.
I wrote it (well at first to help MYSELF process my own feelings, as one sometimes does, when one is A WRITER).
I turned it into a post because A LOT of nonwhite people are feeling what I'm feeling, and I have the unique opportunity AND responsibility to give voice to that.
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Me (barging in, using Dadsplaining voice):...
BUT, the "gold standard" is actually a devious way some rich countries try to cut off growth opportunities in the developing world, keeping those countries forever beholden to their evil banks.
Wife (annoyed and looking dead at me but keeping the Momsplain voice on):...
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Black girl (couldn't have been more than 16) says nothing, goes back into phone...
White lady "I SAID, Is this where you get the vaccines?"
Girl now does an elaborate *look behind to see if there is somebody else this lady should be talking to*, LIKE AN EMPLOYEE. Says nothing.
White lady, screaming at the top of her lungs "IS THIS WHERE YOU GET THE VACCINES"...
Now people behind her in the lot start honking at her. She yells "THE SERVICE" as she rolls up her window and drives off.

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Republicans don't believe government can work, so when they're in charge THEY BREAK SHIT.

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