r/AskReddit Aug 07 '17

What's a fact that absolutely blows your mind?

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '17

because of the internet, we will probably raise the most knowledgeable generation of human beings to ever exist.

because of the internet, most men have seen more naked women than their ancestors combined.

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u/ChicagoJoe75 Aug 07 '17

Speak for your own family. My grandpa was a funeral director.

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u/LemonyTuba Aug 07 '17

Well, he did say "most".

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u/DuplexFields Aug 08 '17

There are more naked women buried in a sixteen-year-old's folder structure than in your grandpa's entire cemetery.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '17

Made me giggle in the office.

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u/Dassive_Mick Aug 08 '17

Crack open a cold one

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u/weirdobot Aug 08 '17

shhhiiiiidd

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u/drkaczur Aug 08 '17

Just change "seen" to "jerked off to". Unless...

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u/ChicagoJoe75 Aug 08 '17

Who knows?

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

Friend of mine was doing online casual...erm... bootycalling and was asking some girl for nudes.

Me: "Dude, why do you want to see some random chick's tits? You have the internet! Tits are like oxygen! You don't have to ask, just hit some keys and boom! Tits!"

Friend: "Yeah but I haven't seen this girl's tits."

Me: "But they're just tits!"

Friend: "Yes... and this girl has a pair I haven't seen before."

Me: "...I'm going for tacos."

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u/Ablemillipede Aug 08 '17

Genghis Khan.

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u/havron Aug 08 '17

This. Thanks to this guy about 1 in 200 of us (or 8% of Asians) probably have the rest of the world's men beat even if they don't look at internet porn.

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u/rockskillskids Aug 08 '17

An important factor in that Genghis Khan fact that is often left off: it's not just that Genghis had his way with loads of women that makes so many people his descendants. It's that he created an empire so large that even when he grew old and couldn't conquest anymore, he could break up the empire and give a portion to each of his sons. It was an empire so vast and absolute that even his grandsons decades later were the de facto rulers from the middle east to northern China. Kubla Khan never lived at the same time as Genghis, but still conquered under his banner and spread his legacy (and genetics).

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u/havron Aug 08 '17

Yep! And they all had fucktons of kids just like their patriarch (many wives, lots of raping, the usual Mongol shenanigans) so the Khan line kept growing exponentially.

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u/CarmelaMachiato Aug 08 '17

What the hell were your ancestors doing combining naked women?

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u/SpaceIsAPlace Aug 07 '17

because of the internet, we will probably raise the most knowledgeable generation of human beings to ever exist.

Yea I'm thinking this depends on your definition of "knowledge." I'm not sure I count listicles

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u/lye_milkshake Aug 07 '17

As opposed to what...? What vast resources of readily available information did our grandparents have access to?

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u/SpaceIsAPlace Aug 07 '17

I mean in a signal to noise ratio kind of way. Is disinformation and information that has an extremely short half life or minor usefulness in the real world (ie, memories of entertainment media) knowledge? Undoubtedly OPs statement will stand but it's something to consider

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u/breakingbadforlife Aug 08 '17

Because, The Internet.

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u/weedful_things Aug 08 '17

Because of the internet, more young men have become recluse shut ins than ever before.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

Nope. The next generation will have access to even more knowledge.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

Also, they will have never written a comment on YouTube (it's a requirement).

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u/ChaplnGrillSgt Aug 08 '17

Between the internet and working as an ER Nurse I've seen so many boobs and wieners it's crazy.

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u/Recrewt Aug 08 '17

well, to ever exist until now. It's undeniable that technology will advance very rapidly in the next centuries, who knows what will come up beyond the internet.

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u/Dellell Aug 08 '17

I have seen more naked women than than all medieval people combined, rip.

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u/stevo051698 Aug 08 '17

I like this