Breaking news: local human realizes the insignificance of Earth in the grand scheme of the universe

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Obi-Wan Kenobi would feel a "great disturbance in the force" when that happens.

There are 3rd world countries that have gone digital. And the unhoused there have cell phones (cheap phones work just the same). It works fine.

maybe… “there are two possibilities that’s we are totally alone in this universe or that we are not totally alone and both are equally terrifying.” -Arthur C Clarke

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yeah... turns out that, contrary to popular belief, humans are surprisingly good at a lot of things.

Not sure when we collectively decided that all animals are better than us at everything except thinking.

I’ve tried my hand at a couple different hunting methods, but persistence hunting like the Raramuri is definitely the hardest. Setting traps and running prey into your trap is one thing, but running down a deer until it collapses of heat exhaustion… yikes.

Bug's Life reference, very nice.

Not even in America, the commenter is just ignorant.

Source: I’ve talked with many, many homeless people in the US through NA and happenstance

I’ve heard that a dog would die if it tried to keep up with a marathon runner.

Based off what study? There are certainly smaller animals kicking way out of their weight class

Nobody has even mentioned how digital currency makes it easier for "un-banked" people to store and use money. Checking and Savings accounts can be near impossible for some people to obtain, but digital currencies can make it easier to pay for things that usual require a bank account.

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Chill tf out, I'm just adding to the discussion. Not everyone in the world is trying to argue with you and someone saying something you don't agree with isn't automatically an argument.

Did I ever say that they couldn't? No, I didn't. I was refuting a specific point that the guy above me made. Nothing more, nothing less.

Horse Gracie would be a champion!

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Maybe. But I'm referring to all land mammals, including ones that don't run.

Interesting, I didn't know about that at all. What about camels?

Also, my response was to argue against that we are the most stamina efficient land mammals. We'll not argue, but note that I have heard (watched a science video on it not too long ago) that there are land mammals that DONT run and are more stamina efficient than humans.

To my knowledge dogs (and wolves I guess) are the closest to beating us in endurance, we still have the advantage over large distances though.

If you're homeless just buy an apple watch with Apple pay and transfer funds.

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Their legs still allow them to run really well though. It's sort of like our shoulders. Our shoulder is the most flexible joint in the body, it's also the weakest. There's a tradeoff for everything.

Horses are the only animals that can outrun us over distances.

The key difference is sweat glands and the ability to cary water. Humans have sweat glands all over their body, horses also have a large area they can sweat from.

This means other animals can run, or get rid of heat, but not both at the same time, whereas humans can run for many hours if they have water. And eventually the animal they are chasing wil overheat.