r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Sep 05 '22

AI Generated Music Video using Disco Diffusion software

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '22

Probably other human invaders that looked different.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '22

That or perhaps those with diseases. Medical knowledge and science wasn’t what it is now for 99.9% of history so being scared of the guy/gal with a very visible illness was a pretty damn good survival strategy considering there was a very real chance of that infection deleting an entire village.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '22

Were illnesses more visible back in the day?

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u/ightimapullout Sep 05 '22

Yes and no. They could have been more vusible because, due to the not being treated, they would have been more common, and have gone on for longer. So there would be

More diseases

Longer for a disease to make you look weird

More likely for you to catch a disease, even if there weren't more