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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

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[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 30 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I love the Twain quote but I’m also a fan of this contemporary parallel observation; the number one thing you learn by studying history is that humans never learn a goddamn thing from history

[–] JayleneSlide@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago

We truly are nothing but a bunch of barely evolved monkeys. We're even smart enough to know better, but too stupid to do anything about it. "Hey, that's a brick wall dead ahead." Humanity at large: