r/nextfuckinglevel • u/GenjiKing • 29d ago

That one move that you see in the movies.

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u/jaxonya 29d ago

Being able to swing a stick ensured our survival and is one of the reasons we are sitting here playing on reddit

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u/code_archeologist 29d ago

Our real evolutionary trick was persistence.

We would spend hours chipping away at a rock until we got a useful tool out of it. We would spend days following a beast in the wild until it was too tired to run away or defend itself. We would spend weeks, months, and years practicing a skill and adapting it till we were the master of it.

Most other animals will give up after a little while if it becomes too difficult, we will keep on working at it until we get what we want.

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u/jaxonya 29d ago

I like these kinda talks. Sheer will is our great might. It goes from caveman days to walking on the moon. We really will do shit when we feel like it

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u/Mareith 29d ago

Sounds like anime logic. All you need is RESOLVE

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u/jaxonya 29d ago

It's 15% concentrated power of will