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Well, wouldn't it be weird if it was the other way around?
"Yooo, check this out, I made a new invention, it's called a can opener!"
What does it do?
"idk"
Surely you understand that the remarkable part is the duration between the inventions, not the chronological order.
Crazy amount of not understanding jokes in this thread.
Thatβs what she said π
I mean i can invent a time machine opener right now.
It's called a screwdriver
The elevator shaft was invented before the elevator. Tom Scott made a video about that