Remember that Ancient Aliens show? · 6:58am Apr 10th, 2021
Remember that nonsensical Ancient Aliens documentary show that basically destroyed the history channel? All of mankind's achievements, the pyramids, the colosseum, the bacon and cheese sandwich. All of it was ancient aliens you guys. Us humans are too dumb to do it on our own. That said, it could be funny to do a MLP FIM crossover, just replace aliens with ancient pony aliens.
That'd be pretty good if done right
are they thicc doe?
I only remember that show because of the meme made about it. Ahh, good old 2010 impact font.
You know that show is on the air and has new seasons. They're grasping at so many straws now, I think they did an episode not too long ago the the Wright brothers didn't invent powered flight, the technology was given to them in secret by aliens. *cue spoopy theremin music*
On that note, Ancient Humans, hosted by Lyra Heartstrings.
But Aliens though.
All of it, Aliens.
Kangaroos? Aliens.
Koalas? Aliens.
Echidnas? Aliens.
Platypus? ... umm... That one might ACTUALLY be Aliens, so I'll just move on.
Lamingtons? Aliens.
Jaffles? Aliens
Vegemite? Alie-... no. That one would just make us Aussies Aliens, wouldn't it?
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Lyra: DOOR KNOBS GUYS! DOOR KNOBS!!
Lyra.
Lyra: FORKS!
Lyra please!
I prefer the ancient humans thing it does make for some interesting HiE stories when tech and magic clash, or are the same thing.
Remember it?
The damn thing is still running.
Knowing the actual truth about human history, I generally ignore it AND the clueless idiots on it.
Oh, I tune in occasionally, but it's usually only to laugh at the morons and how utterly ludicrous their meaningless prattling is.
Did they ever resolve the thing with those golden models of very-basic airplanes that they found at that one place in South America? The name of it eludes me, but there were these little models that had the wings attached at the bottom of the body. This was significant because birds have their wings attached at the top of their bodies, and I think they built a scaled-up model that actually flew with engines to test it out.
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The Romans had steam and concrete, and Greek Fire was basically napalm only less safe. Suffice to say, "more primitive times" is relative.
To qoute James Rolfe, "What the fuck were they thinking"?
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Well, if we had humans or it's-not-aliens aliens flying around in jets several hundred to several thousand years ago, that kinda breaks the mold for that method of thinking. Concrete doesn't require anything really special, just the right mixture and a nearby tool to agitate it so it's still malleable before it's placed down to set. The Romans also had aqueducts, which at the time were an incredible advancement for irrigation and fresh water transportation; unfortunately the lead they used for the pipes caused an exorbitant amount of illnesses and long-term maladies. They had concepts for some things and applications of others, sure, but that would still be classified as more primitive times regardless.
Jets and propeller aircraft are another matter entirely. Leonardo da Vinci has a rather famous sketch of an early approximation of a helicopter, but they lacked the materials and energy to make it actually work. Then from the prototype phase to actual commercial, industrial, or military use there's another period of experimentation and refinement. The little gold models found in the South American temples were very similar to some of those post-experimentation, refined designs seen in the 20th century. That's a bit much to hand-wave off like that.
Always tried to avoid, but this guy had a nice recap of all that bs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDq8vQ0t67A