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[–] 66 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Don't even need to go that far. History has shown us that just throwing a non-radioactive rock at someone is a weakness

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  • [–] 34 points 10 months ago (6 children)

    I argue that the entire history of weapon development has been "figure out better way to throw better rock".

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    For conventional weapons, sure. But I don't think your description fits flamethrowers, sonic, or laser weaponry.

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    flamethrowers

    Flamethrowers use oil products, which are part of petrochemistry. "Petro" comes from the Greek word for "rock".

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  • [–] 13 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Don’t quote me, but that’s pyrite or chalcopyrite, right?

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago

    According to some evolutionary scientists, the art of throwing rocks is the reason our brains needed to get so large. Here is one source:

    https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/696721

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    I would have chosen arsenic as human weakness

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    It's really bugging me that the title is missing a word. It doesn't track with the music.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    I never claimed to have super powers.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    That picture is NOT Uranium:

    Uranium is a chemical element; it has symbol U and atomic number 92. It is a silvery-grey metal in the actinide series of the periodic table.

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    That picture is uranium though? In the picture it has yellow oxides forming on the outside.

    In the same way that if someone posted a picture of a rusty piece of iron, we'd still say it was iron, even though iron is a silvery-grey metal, but in the picture, it would be reddish/brown.

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