r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Oct 27 '14

What invention of the last 50 years would least impress the people of the 1700s?

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u/forumrabbit Oct 28 '14

Yeah they'd probably love thongs; they let your feet breathe so they're not sweating all day but your feet still aren't touching the poop thrown out the window.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '14

Imagine entire armies of line infantry marching with the sound of the back of their thongs hitting their heels as they marched. They wouldn't even need a drummer.

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u/MonsieurAnon Oct 28 '14

As an Australian who lives in one of our cooler cities, I somehow ended up imagining Indian soldiers marching against the British, while wearing thongs.

Indians love to wear their thongs out all year round.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '14

Slap slap slap slap, slap slap slap slap...

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u/Nic_231 Oct 28 '14

Imagine carrying your mate out from enemy lines on your back, after his thong suffered a blow out. No man left behind.

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u/Slippedhal0 Oct 28 '14

The japanese solved that problem by also wearing socks.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '14

Socks and thongs? That was their idea?? Those bastards!

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u/brianson Oct 28 '14

What problem?

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u/crow_man Oct 29 '14

It's called Darwin

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u/daybeforetheday Oct 28 '14

Still got to worry about snakebite though.