The greatest ever achievement of mankind?

alchemist33 · 15-07-2019 1:28pm #1

Making stars out of Jedward?

Or what happened 50 years ago, when three brave men took off on a giant explosive device and spent three days in the vacuum of space, landed on a rock, and got back safely again? All planned by hundreds of very smart people with computing power a fraction of your smartphone's. There have been probably advancements in medicine and society that have saved hundreds of thousands of lives and made everyone's lives better, but for the sheer audacity, teamwork and organisation, the moon landing must be our greatest achievement so far.

Midnight_EG · 15-07-2019 1:30pm

How they get the fig into figrolls, the mind boggles

TheIrishGrover · 15-07-2019 1:31pm

Vaccines

JohnnyFlash · 15-07-2019 1:32pm

Cheese.

biko · 15-07-2019 1:37pm

The knife

feargale · 15-07-2019 1:37pm

Adam saying "feck this for a game of soldiers" as he climbed down from a tree to walk upright across some savannah land, beckoning to Eve as he did so, saying "come on, there's more to life than bananas."

Eggs For Dinner · 15-07-2019 1:37pm

The mute button on an angry spouse

*Patent Pending

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 15-07-2019 1:38pm

Walking upright.

Turquoise Hexagon Sun · 15-07-2019 1:38pm

Teh interwebz

Omackeral · 15-07-2019 1:39pm

Probably getting f*cked off the Hell in a Cell by the Undertaker and getting back up

BorneTobyWilde · 15-07-2019 1:40pm

Putting a man on the moon did nothing for man. It was to simply beat the Russians.

RMAOK · 15-07-2019 1:40pm

Snackbox

Omackeral · 15-07-2019 1:41pm

biko wrote: »

The knife

You call that a knife???

Father Hernandez · 15-07-2019 1:41pm

Omackeral wrote: »

Probably getting f*cked off the Hell in a Cell by the Undertaker and getting back up

And going through the cell a few minutes later, incredible

Larbre34 · 15-07-2019 1:42pm

Harnessing electricity in my opinion.

Without that I'd be texting you now on a system of brass dials attached to a steam boiler with Samsung written on it.

Badly Drunk Boy · 15-07-2019 1:43pm

Midnight_EG wrote: »

How they get the fig into figrolls, the mind boggles

I always wondered why they'd want to put the figs into the figrolls! Horrible yokes!!

Omackeral · 15-07-2019 1:43pm

Flight is up there.

Actually quite literally it's up there.

Badly Drunk Boy · 15-07-2019 1:46pm

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Putting a man on the moon did nothing for man. It was to simply beat the Russians.

And the Russians got most of the firsts when it came to space exploration.

jaykay74 · 15-07-2019 1:48pm

Fire or the wheel. Or the wheel of fire.

Tefral · 15-07-2019 1:50pm

I think Electricity, - printable circuit boards and probably the silicone microchip.

Electricity is probably the one single thing that has changed human existence. Think of everything we can do with it. It has even changed our behaviour - Working at night etc.

MeMen2_MoRi_ · 15-07-2019 2:05pm

Donald Trump becoming POTUS.

the beer revolu · 15-07-2019 2:06pm

The invention of the existence of God! (the real one - not all the fake ones)

Impressive, really.

Odelay · 15-07-2019 2:12pm

The woman with 648 previous convictions just been given a suspended sentence as her last chance.

Mint Sauce · 15-07-2019 2:16pm

Contact Lenses.

Greyfox · 15-07-2019 2:23pm

The wheel, fire, the internet and Zelda Breath of the wild

igCorcaigh · 15-07-2019 2:25pm

Language

Del2005 · 15-07-2019 2:25pm

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

I always wondered why they'd want to put the figs into the figrolls! Horrible yokes!!

Otherwise they'd just be rolls and rolls are boring.

BeerWolf · 15-07-2019 2:26pm

Computers. No century has ever seen the rapid advancement of technology like it did in the 20th century due to them.

TheValeyard · 15-07-2019 2:37pm

Farming.

One eyed Jack · 15-07-2019 2:38pm

Greatest ever achievement of mankind?

I suppose the fact that we’ve managed to survive this long in spite of every attempt by humans to wipe ourselves out of existence! We’ve made some truly extraordinary fcuk ups, particularly the development of nuclear weapons... and yet somehow, we’re still here!

steamsey · 15-07-2019 2:42pm

Anesthetic and/or soap

The greatest ever achievement of mankind?

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