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[–] urquell@lemm.ee 22 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Wait... Why did they have scissors before paper?

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 39 points 2 months ago

Cutting ribbons for grand openings.

[–] YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH 19 points 2 months ago

Sheep sheering is my uninformed guess

[–] KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 months ago

Hair I would assume.

[–] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

First attempt at beating rock. Failed miserably.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We had lighters before we had matches. We had cans for 50 years before we had can openers. Sometimes things don't make sense.

[–] ExtantHuman@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Having cans before can openers makes sense though...

[–] Vespair@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

As does scissors before paper, since paper is just one of the many things you can cut with scissors

[–] ExtantHuman@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago

I wasn't commenting on that in any way. I explicitly stated which item I was commenting on and how it does not make a good analogy.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

You're never too ready, that's what I say.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Combined with running to become the first extreme sport.