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ISO_8601 t1_j2cgljp wrote

Reply to comment by HardcoreMandolinist in [WP] Every species in the galaxy eventually fell to a robot uprising, leading to the eradication of their people. Therefore the machine-council of the galaxy are surprised when a newly discovered machine civilisation from a planet they designated "Earth" arrives side by side with their creators. by Kitty_Fuchs

I'm an American and I knew about both of them. 🤷 The things you learn after being on Reddit for years.

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Dang_It_All_to_Heck t1_j2do50e wrote

I learned about both the summer I was so bored in elementary school that I read the encyclopedia my parents bought several years before.

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ISO_8601 t1_j2dwk89 wrote

Oh man, I used to love reading books like that. Encyclopedias, the Book of Everything type books, How Things Are Made, etc. Learned so many useless facts from them. Basically like a liberal arts minor without the thousands spent.

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