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cm0002 @lemmy.world

3d ago

How indeed

Memes @lemmy.ml

How indeed

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Just because they didn't have modern technology doesn't mean they didn't have any technology. They could have used Skype for videoconferencing.
- They used RealVideo back in the day
- This is why we shouldn't overly glamorize the past.

It was a Pyramid scheme!

They planned ahead of decades of work rather than the next quarter
- Apparently, Giza had 20,000 laborers in addition to 16,000 support staff working on the pyramid over 20 to 30 years.
  The California High Speed Rail is the only thing comparable in the USA and that has only required 15,000 jobs since 2015.
  
  The difference is the pyramids exist

They used the oldest trick in the book, wage theft

Whips. Lots and lots of whips.
- While Egypt did practice slavery, evidence suggests the pyramids were built by well-fed craftsmen.
  I know BBC isn't the best source, but it's fine for this purpose: https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/were-the-egyptian-pyramids-built-by-slaves
  
  Why is the BBC not a good source?
  
  Like you mentioned, Ancient Egypt did have slavery, so even if there's evidence of temporary villages for paid workers, it's very hard to believe slaves were also not involved as well on projects of this scale.
  Even on the hardly off chance that there were 0 slaves near the pyramid, the whole material gathering and transport job to the pyramid site was an insanely huge amount of labour as well.
- Where theres a whip theres a way

The daily scrum probably helped
- Scrum looks like a shortened or cleaned-up version of another word
  
  Scrumptious?
  
  I was thinking it looked like a longer version of another word.
  
  You can't spell scrum without cum

According to our internal call and subsequent meetings, we need to leverage the most recent rock technology in order to raise the level of productivity and the scalability of our pyramid business.
#productivity #teambuilding #notapyramidscheme
Signed: CEO of Egypt. Inc of pharaoh enterprises.
- Reminded me of the expert.
  
  Every time I watch that video I die inside a bit more. I've been in too many meetings like that.

They had slaves. A lot of slaves.
- The pyramids being built with slaves is largely incorrect.
  
  I suppose it was the hustler grindset
  
  Maybe not the "build the pyramid" itself. Just maybe. But all the transportation, accomodations and food for the builders surely came from slaves.
- The hell of one idea that just won't die. It was created out of thin air by sheer force of racist speculation, and known to be wrong for close to a century. Yet people still keep repeating it.
  
  people need to think than they have it better than people in the past did. it gives them motivation and a happy attitude, and as we all know, happy workers are more productive, so media lets them keep that attitude.
- Just throw human death and suffering at them until they're finished!

You remember as you kid you might have stacked rocks or Lego bricks?
They basically did that with really really big rocks.
- If you think about it, we never stopped.
- Oh. That makes sense.

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- Mmmm meat innovation
- TAKE MY MONEY!

Maybe they organised a pizza lunch for the survivors
- (Limit 1 per person)

The had whips, massive, massive whips.
- Where there's a whip, there's a way!

Must be aliens.

Yeah they used slavery instead
- I hope you're not taking info from christian piblications. These were professionals who lived in a dedicated settlement.
  
  The professionals did the building. The slaves did the brick-making for the building, and probably a lot of other low skill things too.
- Not slaves
  
  The masons and other specialized workers were paid, and there is a theory that many of the laborers living near Giza were paid, but no one actually knows if they were. What is known, is that slaves were used in that era, and thinking they weren't at least used in transportation of materials is naive.
- 🎶 Slaves built the pyramids! Slaves! Built the Parthenon! Slaves! Built America! Slaves! This is your song 🎶

Never underestimate the power of water cooler interactions -C suite

Here come the slave and alien comments
- Hear me out:
  Alien slaves.
  
  Slave alien. Slavien
- Oh I was thinking underground mole people and wizards but I like your idea better

Lots and lots of beer
- Ha! You got me there. I was just about to complain that none mentioned slaves, then saw the comment that did mention them (together with aliens) which is (imho) even worst than ignoring their suffering... but here you are, making my day by reminding me that those slaves had a "fair" (/s) pay for their suffering-work :P

They probably just scrum pokered really well

Are we just gonna forget about the aliens who build pyramids from the tip down with their alien laser, guise? You're erasing our history and heritage!!1!

Let's gather together to figure out what went wrong. First off, hay they only waited for Microsoft technology, they could have built millions if not billions of these towers in coordination with the aliens who actually did all the work and while using our very secret 7th hand. You and I know about it but we must not let machines know.

They clearly used AOL Instant Messenger 🙄👌

Or daily scrum. But to be fair they did originate standup meetings.

how foolish of you to think they DIDNT have that

Levitation and teleportation technology. We're devolving not evolving people.

They had their own workflow optimization which was do it or die. That can motivate some people.

Taxes on land ownership, not work.

I bet they used waterfall.

A wizard did it

They were most likely built differently depending on the current Egyptian civilizations' take on man power/ economy.

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- If we can synergize AND monetize, then we can SYNERMONEGIZE!

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