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what is the biggest failure in human history? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

The United States of America

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

The USA

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Humans.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Modern society. At the end 60s hippies were right after all...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Agriculture

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I say we fucked up the moment we existed.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Stuart Pearce of England’s missed penalty kick in the 1990 World Cup semi finals.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago

Surprised the chat isn't calling me out.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The discovery of making and using fire.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Why

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's the very beginning of the energy crisis. If we had never started fucking with fire, we wouldn't have 90% or more of the world's manmade problems.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah we could argue about having mankind at all ...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Pesky humans, we are our own worst enemy.. ☹️

[–] [email protected] -4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Ur mom giving birth to you

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Kidding, of course. I felt like someone had to make the dumb low-hanging fruit joke.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

ITT people trying to be edgy but I’m going to say invading Russia in the winter.