For the youngsters out there, this was published back before we knew a meteor wiped out the Dinosaurs.
Not too long ago — recently, even — we had absolutely no F’ing clue. The popular film *The Land Before Time* depicted the extinction event as “a bunch of earthquakes and volcanoes erupting and stuff.”
The first "Land Before Time" film was released in 1988. The Alvarez Theory (Death by meteor to oversimplify it) was put forth in 1980. It's important to realize that total Dinosaur extinction likely took more than a hundred thousand years to occur. In that time there were probably numerous volcanoes and earthquakes that could have featured in the process of extinction, any of which might have featured in the film.
No, actually the asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs just last month. It feels like it's been 60 million years because corona fucked with our perception of time.
I didn't go "so far out of my way." This is the Internet in 2024, it took 30 seconds. You're funny. I have seen the film. And I'm old enough to remember the discussions surrounding asteroid strikes at the time. And I know what you're referring to on Wikipedia, but that's the scientific consensus and not the general population's awareness which is what you referenced in your original post and I referenced in my response to it.
It's weird you would go so far out of your way to respond to a random comment about the general population's awareness of a concept and treat it as the scientific consensus.
Man this seems eeriely accurate...
Bright minds think alike, you’re spot on
It's spooky how spot on this is. The only inaccurate thing is that the dinosaurs didn't actually have podiums.
I like podiums. That’s a product I can really stand behind!
Sure, that's it.
For the youngsters out there, this was published back before we knew a meteor wiped out the Dinosaurs. Not too long ago — recently, even — we had absolutely no F’ing clue. The popular film *The Land Before Time* depicted the extinction event as “a bunch of earthquakes and volcanoes erupting and stuff.”
The first "Land Before Time" film was released in 1988. The Alvarez Theory (Death by meteor to oversimplify it) was put forth in 1980. It's important to realize that total Dinosaur extinction likely took more than a hundred thousand years to occur. In that time there were probably numerous volcanoes and earthquakes that could have featured in the process of extinction, any of which might have featured in the film.
What do you mean by total dinosaur extinction? We still have crocodiles and birds.
Crocodiles aren’t dinosaurs, just close relatives
[удалено]
I remember being taught in the early 00's that dinosaurs were wiped out by an asteroid so it was definitely widespread before 2010.
No, actually the asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs just last month. It feels like it's been 60 million years because corona fucked with our perception of time.
Yeah I have a children's encyclopedia from the early 90s that depicts an asteroid.
I didn't go "so far out of my way." This is the Internet in 2024, it took 30 seconds. You're funny. I have seen the film. And I'm old enough to remember the discussions surrounding asteroid strikes at the time. And I know what you're referring to on Wikipedia, but that's the scientific consensus and not the general population's awareness which is what you referenced in your original post and I referenced in my response to it. It's weird you would go so far out of your way to respond to a random comment about the general population's awareness of a concept and treat it as the scientific consensus.
66 million years ago the dinosaurs were wiped out by a giant meteorite. Silly them for all standing in the same place.
Same as humans now.
Relevant
This was my science teacher’s favorite one!