For context, the post I’m referring to is a map of Africa with subsaharia Africa in deep green, Sudan in light green and north Africa was white or some other color. The poster was claiming nothing had ever been invented in the green zone. My comment was gonna be this:
Antiseptics before Europeans.
Iron Smelting Not the first to discover it, but recent evidence show it was invented independently.
Some modern Archtecture taking inspiration from Sudano-Sahelian features such as a roof shape favoring natural ventilation. And since I just transitioned to recent inventions, there’s the Cardio Pad, invented in Cameroon, to help diagnose cardiovascular disease.
There are definitely times when requesting a source is healthy. I had posted what I believed to be a true fact (about cities only planting male trees. You can look in my profile and see it). Someone replied that it wasn’t true. I went about looking for the original source from where I read it (admittedly almost 10-15 years ago) and learned that the original source was refuted.
Skepticism is healthy. But we’re at a point where healthy skepticism and sealioning is getting difficult to tell apart.
It used to be difficult, I feel like it’s easier these days to tell that someone is sealioning. If someone is so invested they’re angry about it they’re probably just trying to waste your time. If somebody is just like “Oh I’ve never heard of that, where’d you see that?” then I might link something.
That’s another thing I hate that I don’t put up with anymore that’s kind of related, people who are all snotty and shit but when you snark back they’re like “AHHHHHHH GOTCHA NOT VERY TOLERANT OF YOU” (or whatever) Whatever dude lol