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[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

FTL isn't possible, ERBs would pastafy any matter passing through them and there is no way to control the other end, and take Kardashev scale 3 civ at least (and that's even pretending the Kardashev scale isn't the purest daydream fantasy)

[–] rational_lib@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's another solution to the Fermi paradox. FTL travel is impossible, but can't actually be proven to be impossible, so no one wants to be the sucker.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Don’t have to fll. Just have to be a third faster to give them 1000 years head start

[–] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oops we forgot something. Sends him back.

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago

Also can someone check if I turned off the stove? Thx

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 60 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Not only that, but 3000 years into the future, language has changed so much that the plural of SHEEP is now SHOOP

That's right, androids do dream of electric SHOOP

Shit's wild yo

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

1000 years alone is a wildly long time for language. Granted, written language and education are more accessible than ever, so I imagine language evolution will be significantly slower than it once was, but still I found this short of English over the past 1000 years to be really interesting

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WLSBCs5vcgQ

[–] spicehoarder@lemm.ee 15 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Have you seen how fast slang is evolving currently? I can't even imagine translating something like "chat, am I cooked?" to my grandma.

Also on a side note; have you noticed the rise in lisps?

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

True! Fad based language spreads like wildfire with modern tech! At the same time, I feel like trends like that fall out of favour just as fast. It's definitely a wild time for language evolution.

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[–] markovs_gun@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

3000 years is insanely long for language. Consider that the mother fucking alphabet was invented around 1000 BC*, and basically no languages that anyone still speaks existed in their modern forms. Homer hadn't written the Illiad and the Odyssey yet, and the standard Greek that came to be defined by these works had also yet to develop. If you went back to 1000 BC you'd have no idea what was going on.

*Although previous alphabets existed, the Phoenician alphabet that became the basis for pretty much all modern writing systems in Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia was invented around 1100 BC

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Dude, listen to 1000 CE English. It's 90% jibberish even at that point.

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

so are tiktok comment sections, your point?

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[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's also possible that audio recording being a thing that exists will slow changes in language as well.

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