Facebook Follies of Friends and Families

[HVC]

It seems to me presuming the local people did not build the shit around them wasn't really a thing until colonialism. And sure once you start trying to figure out which lost tribe of Israel really did build the mounds in Ohio eventually you start thinking aliens gave ancient Mayans laser guns. Stupid ideas quickly take you down the rabbit hole.

But again that case it goes to people assuming ancient people were primitive. Disease killing 80+ percent of a population of a thriving civilization in Ohio and severely changes the sophistication of their society.  So you come cross a lower density stump "simple" population of people and think there no way they built that. Is it based on racism or a lack understanding of the past?

[grumbler]

The whole "aliens" thing is recent, since SF itself is fairly recent.  I don't think that thee is much of a correlation with race, since Stonehenge is another "alien" artifact.  It mostly seems to have to do with giant structures that seem to serve no well-recognized purpose.

[Razgovory]

In the 19th century there were theories that the mound builders of North America were different than the Native Americans, that the people who built Great Zimbabwe were not Africans and that the Pyramids were not built by native Egyptians.

[Razgovory]

The Ancient Aliens thing is basically a racist dogwhistle.

Don't know.  It just seems crazy.  "See these ancient tracks that look like chariot tracks but are not the same as 19th century chariots?  They're actually landing tracks for spacecrafts"  Duh...

Did people in Quebec use chariots to get around in the 19th century?

[viper37]

The Ancient Aliens thing is basically a racist dogwhistle.

Don't know.  It just seems crazy.  "See these ancient tracks that look like chariot tracks but are not the same as 19th century chariots?  They're actually landing tracks for spacecrafts"  Duh...

Did people in Quebec use chariots to get around in the 19th century?

I guess it's the wrong word again.  Chariots refer only to the antiquity warfare mobile platform they use, I guess.

Carriage would be the word then?

[Eddie Teach]

In the 19th century there were theories that the mound builders of North America were different than the Native Americans, that the people who built Great Zimbabwe were not Africans and that the Pyramids were not built by native Egyptians.

Big difference between "it must have been white people" and "it must have been aliens".

[HVC]

I think the general rule is chariots have two wheels and carriages 4

[Jacob]

A Hansom Cab doesn't seem that different from a chariot, to be honest:



Nor do the carts used in harness racing:

[viper37]

I think the general rule is chariots have two wheels and carriages 4

Just check to be sure, and carriage translates as chariot.  Duh, so yah, Raz, French Canadians did travel in chariots! 

[HVC]

I think the general rule is chariots have two wheels and carriages 4

Just check to be sure, and carriage translates as chariot.  Duh, so yah, Raz, French Canadians did travel in chariots! 

Which is kind of funny because carriage comes from the French word charriage.  English stole the wrong word

[Valmy]

The main thing the British Empire looted from the rest of the world was vocabulary. English' insatiable appetite for more vocabulary words knows no bounds.

[HisMajestyBOB]

It's a bit simplistic. I doubt most americans even know what an Egyptian looks like (modern or ancient).  It can be explains in many ways. For example. They know pyramids are big, and most people think the past is a lot more primitive then it is, so the answer is aliens.

I think in school they showed us the clearly not white painted images from egyptian tombs.

Yeah, but you were an edyptophile so paid attention because their god are cool

Besides,  all the cool stuff is in hot places. Early complex civilization started there, so that leads to an abundance of places to point to and go "aliens"!  white Europe has a stone circle. Woopty doo

My theory is that the Eiffel Tower was built by aliens.
How else can you explain why it stands out so much from the typical native architecture of the area, or why none of the modern descendants in the area have built anything comparable? Clearly it's of extraterrestrial origin. Possibly some sort of beacon to communicate with ships in orbit.

[The Larch]

It's a bit simplistic. I doubt most americans even know what an Egyptian looks like (modern or ancient).  It can be explains in many ways. For example. They know pyramids are big, and most people think the past is a lot more primitive then it is, so the answer is aliens.

I think in school they showed us the clearly not white painted images from egyptian tombs.

Yeah, but you were an edyptophile so paid attention because their god are cool

Besides,  all the cool stuff is in hot places. Early complex civilization started there, so that leads to an abundance of places to point to and go "aliens"!  white Europe has a stone circle. Woopty doo

My theory is that the Eiffel Tower was built by aliens.
How else can you explain why it stands out so much from the typical native architecture of the area, or why none of the modern descendants in the area have built anything comparable? Clearly it's of extraterrestrial origin. Possibly some sort of beacon to communicate with ships in orbit.

How do you explain the pictures of the Tower being built, then? 

[The Minsky Moment]

How do you explain the pictures of the Tower being built, then? 

That's proof it was aliens.  How else could they make entire segments appear instantaneously like that?

[HVC]

Photos mean nothing. They have photos of the moon "landing"