Example: There was a time when people didn’t salt their food
All of them. Is there any invention you shouldn’t take for granted?
There are probably some you take for granted. It would be exhausting to be in constant awe at the wonders of the modern world! Haha
Honestly that sounds amazing. Being in constant awe at the wonders of the modern world.
Sign me up.
Capitalism.
Okay, you got me on that one.
But apart from capitalism, is there any invention out there we shouldn’t take for granted?
air conditioning.
I’d say everything that is in our daily life
Looms that make your shirts, carpets and anything fabric. Would be a hundred to a thousand times more expensive without it
I’m with the infrastructure answer too. It really is too broad but in short, anything that kinda stumps you on your tracks once it fails. Just now for some reason I no longer have hot water, very annoying.
Antibiotics
Boy pre salting is way back. Sorta pre civilization. I guess I could add cooked meat.
What is boy pre salting?
boy (referencing the op, similar to saying dude or man), pre salting is the act of salting food before cooking or eating.
close. im sorta old so it was meant to be more of an oh boy. Now that you mean it seems a bit rude on my part but @wuphysics87@lemmy.ml just letting you know the boy was more an exclamation. like jesus but lighter.
Ain’t no thing
Sewage systems are the big one I think.
Low key the cornerstone of modern civilization. Imagine a city where the streets are awash in millions of people’s shit/piss, the water is heavily contaminated, and everyone is constantly getting fecal-oral diseases and cannot work or be healthy much of the time. Even when they are healthy, they might have to stay home and take care of sick family members.
Doors.
Families.
Call your mother. She misses you.
Fridge and freezer is a big one imo, in terms of being taken for granted.
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Electricity.
Paint
Empiricism. We need to acknowledge that not everyone considers evidence when determining truth and encourage it way more than we do.
