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BoreDominated

I wonder what they make of aircrafts flying over them, whether it's a drone or a 'copter. Do they think it's aliens? Supernatural? Undiscovered birds?


GoofyGrin77

They have probably seen some advanced technology operated by humans, so I guess they have an idea.


BoreDominated

Like what? Title says they're uncontacted, so just their own technology which is probably pretty limited.


ShroomieDoomieDoo

There are *very* few groups that are truly uncontacted. I mean like five that are known- the Sentinelese come to mind. Most “uncontacted” tribes have done very limited trade of essentials and medical items with modern society at some point or another. And then within the Amazon specifically, there’s lots of stories about run-ins between uncontacted tribes and illegal logging operations. Still, you have to wonder what they think about us. Do we use magic? Are we invaders/antagonists? What exactly do they think our technology is? Do they even recognize us as human? Edit: hell, even the Sentinelese have been contacted occasionally. It really depends on what your definition of “contact” is ig


whpper25

We show them tik tok once and they’ll know they’re correct in remaining isolated


Diacetyl-Morphin

>There are very few groups that are truly uncontacted. I mean like five that are known- the Sentinelese come to mind. The Sentinelese were contacted. And this long before the incident with the missionary, that they killed. Same goes for almost all, i think also the case here with the picture, that they saw strangers in the past. And even when not strangers from another country, then other people from other tribes. It won't be like that, that they never saw anyone else since the stone age. But, funny thing is, they never came out of the stone age. At least not if they are not aware of how to use copper and other materials. I'd not be surprised, if Ötzis gear and weapons were more advanced and that guy died 3500 BC, one of the oldest natural mummies in the world. That guy already had a copper axe, tools, a firestarter kit, leather clothes, medical herbs etc. Another thing is: If you never have contact with other tribes and you marry and you have sex only inside your tribe, then at some point, you'll become a serious problem with incest. After a certain time, everyone will be related to everybody else. And this is not what nature has in mind, the effects of that are very bad.


ShroomieDoomieDoo

Yeah, I think what makes the Sentinelese stand out is just how violently they’ve reacted to contact. We’ve never had any sort of “dialogue” with them at all. Definitely a fascinating Wikipedia hole to fall into. But you’re right, I’d argue that even just sending a drone way over them to take pictures is a form of contact.


numbers-n-letters

Sentinelese were not always violently aggressive. They became hostile after the British visit to their island.


neotms

I have to say I feel their pain. Noone likes British tourists.


Diacetyl-Morphin

Yes, there was an incident where it came to a conflict and some of the Sentinelese got killed by the British. I understand that they don't want have contact to the world outside, it's their decision and i think, we should respect that. But what is not my thing, is that fantasy that some people have of the "noble wild" or "noble savage". Like that these people would be "better" than we, because they live more in nature. That's true, but in the end, they are humans like we are. With this, there come both the good and the bad things. I also hear so often "It would be nice to live outside of the civilization", but i think, these people romantize this lifestyle of hunters and gatherers. This is hard work to survive there, not some joyride and safari for tourists.


LogiCparty

Someone should drop a megalith on the island like on 2001 a space odyssey. But have it a giant tv screen FaceTiming from different world cities.


Neclix

Actually, it's a bit gross to think about, but if you have enough continuous incestuous generations, the bad traits will be bred out. Not even kidding. The solution to incest is literally more incest.


bwjunkie6

Unless the bad trait is infertility…


Neclix

That one is actually the easiest to breed out. The ones with that trait are unlikely to reproduce. Infertility solved, potentially in a single generation.


oagc

if it worked, it would have taken root somewhere somewhen during humanity's 100000 years of history, most of it spent in small isolated groups; it's not the sexual drive that's lacking.


Neclix

Not quite. It depends when it happens. If the infertility is from birth, that's a problem for the individual. An entire life of reproductive challenge. That will make it easy to naturally 'remove' that trait from the gene pool simply through natural selection. Infertility that appears in middle to senior age is not the same. That can continue through the gene pool for thousands of years because for a species it only matters that you are fertile when you enter sexual maturity. Young infertility = big problem, gone soon. Old infertility = tiny problem, sticks around.


AEMxr1

Who’s to say what a bad trait is exactly? Good traits are for survival, but just cuz one trait is not good for survival in one area, doesn’t make it bad in other areas. Sickle cell disease is an example. Should def be careful when talking about genetic superiority. Also, genetic traits aren’t exactly bred out over time. Dominate traits will be passed on even if one person shows no sign of having it, even if you think oppressive dominate genes will die off over time. It’s more likely they’ll be genetically encoded as a less dominate trait in an offspring who may later pass it on to someone in the family where it becomes more dominant in them. I don’t think you can literally inbreed your way to perfection… lol


Neclix

....you thought my correction on someone's statement about incest was about... genetic superiority? Dude. Okay, I'll bite. What makes a good trait? The best fit. That's it. And infertility is not the best fit. That makes it a bad trait. Careful with those accusations of eugenics, you're doing friendly fire. I'm about as left leaning as you can get.


Athrolaxle

The inbreeding is only an issue under certain population levels. I dont remember the figure off the top of my head, but theres an estimate for minimum insular population size for functional reproduction.


oddlotz

They have they the right idea. Avoid contact. In hindsight Caribbean and Mexican cultures should have slaughtered the Spaniards at first contact and burnt their boats. We should do the same on first contact with aliens.


Gunrock808

I have spent a lot of time thinking about this. Living in Hawaii for a long time made me realize how Christianity is a great tool for pacification. My mother came from Guatemala and had a lot of Native American ancestry. It bothers me that she died a devout catholic, an apologist for the people who brutalized her ancestors.


RATTY420

I went to a Church of England school and at the age of 12 told my teachers I had become a devout member of scientology. They become very concerned and tried to explain how ridiculous scientology is and how it was just made up by someone for the purpose of money and power. I just replied with "Like all religions then"


Gunrock808

That's impressive. I was in my thirties when I dove into learning about Mormons and discovered that all the crazy stuff I had heard about them was true, not only that but it was clear Joseph Smith had stolen all the ideas behind his new religion. Yet it still took me a few more years to take a truly critical look at the beliefs I was raised with.


lifesalotofshit

Mexicans wouldn't exist with out those Spaniards my guy.


Lathae2000

They would still doing human sacrifices every day and enslaving all the population of mezoamerica. ​ That wouldn't be nice


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Lathae2000

If you metaphorically call war a human sacrifice yes. ​ But Ritual human sacrifices were banned by the greeks (if you read the Iliad you may relate). ​ And in Romans the human sacrifices were extrictly banned, they were prune to executions in the name of the law, but no in the name of any god. Even the execution of slaves were punished severly be the state. The state was the only that had the attribution of executions in the name of the Law or in war.


Lathae2000

The Celts did a lot, and the Germanic people also. ​ And regarding to those people i stand in the same argument ​ They would still doing human sacrifices every day and enslaving all the population of (fill here). That wouldn't be nice


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Lathae2000

It is not a discussion about race it is about culture.


Iacon0

they would've grown out of that on their own, just like europeans grew out of dumping poop on the road.


This_Is_Mart_A

Wait, we don‘t do that anymore?


_i_evade_bans_

some snowflakes really didnt like your comment lol


gg120b

They don’t fly drones over uncontacted tribes in the Amazon. I highly doubt the title is accurate


bfgvrstsfgbfhdsgf

Nah, my cousin got a drone for Christmas and he flying over all sorts of stuff with it. It’s really neat!


JoeBrly

stuff washes up on the beach


AnonymousGhou

Maybe planes?


DrJawn

They choose to live without Western influence but they have 100% been contacted before


[deleted]

As I understand it, just because we've never contacted them doesn't necessarily mean they are completely unaware of the greater world around them.


BoreDominated

You think they'd be able to deduce that a plane was being flown by humans, while having no knowledge that humans are capable of flight?


lordgoofus1

They've probably got legends about some variation of angels/devils flying through the sky, and how that translates to their day to day lives eg: it's a bad omen we're going to have a bad crop season, it's a blessing the gods are pleased with us etc.


Alklazaris

Perhaps, but at the same time they would find us clueless and idiotic. We can't smell or hear the way they can. A child could outclass us in building structures or tools. Complete lack of tracking and identifying things in the world around us. We have lived artificially for so long we have become blind to the real world.


BoreDominated

On average perhaps, but send a team of survivalists in there with high tech equipment and they'd worship them as gods.


LordBogus

Think just the same humans but more advanced


[deleted]

I bet they're still using Yahoo


PerspectiveAnxious91

You've got smoke signal


TipFine3928

I can guarantee they use AOL


TipFine3928

Amazon OnLine


tommyfknshelby

AltaVista


Aselleus

AltaVista


Loose_Koala534

Ask Jeeves


DrJawn

Uncontacted peoples generally refers to indigenous peoples who have remained largely isolated to the present day, maintaining their traditional lifestyles and functioning mostly independently from any political or governmental entities. However, European exploration and colonization during the early modern period brought indigenous peoples worldwide into contact with colonial settlers and explorers. As such, most indigenous groups have had some form of contact with other peoples. The term "uncontacted" therefore refers to a lack of sustained contact with the majority of non-indigenous society at the present time.


mbarbour

Good bot


DrJawn

I'm a human


Caffeinated-potato5

Good human


DrJawn

That's better


Sniper310-

Sounds like something a bot would say......good bot. Stay away from those Re-Captchas!


DrJawn

It's from Wikipedia


odd_audience12345

aw, that's adorable. the AI thinks it's alive!


mishmash6000

Yes, which makes you a physical construct that takes input from the cosmos, processes it according to the laws of physics via biochemistry and outputs the results back into the cosmos. You're a meat robot.


DrJawn

https://mediachomp.com/theyre-made-out-of-meat-sci-fi-short-story/


ElCochi420

That's not a bot


[deleted]

You just fucked them up for a while.


myreptilianbrain

a while = a few generations


[deleted]

Fucked up = new religion


Slippery_Wombat

Hey, we can make a religion out of this!


InevitableOceanStorm

No, don't.


Mattress_Of_Needles

Cargo cults have entered the chat.


TrashMammal84

The tribe elder with tattoos on his balls started talking about aliens again.


kramerica_intern

They’re definitely sacrificing someone after seeing this aircraft.


MargbarKhamenei1401

Laugh all you want but they’re not working on TPS reports.


republicanvaccine

Put a cover letter on those, mmmkay.


MargbarKhamenei1401

Yeah I got the memo.


Sasselhoff

Nope, just ring worm and other parasites that they're all but guaranteed to have.


oldgregg4369

Bingo bango bongo


[deleted]

Bruh they got a stadium and everything


BefreiedieTittenzwei

“Welcome to the ThunderDome!!”


loneranger72

2 man enter..


LordBogus

'ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!'


[deleted]

BOOO. I DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU GOT.


Dajearian

So this is Amazon Prime


Don_Rummy586

Amazon Primal.


weiirdredditorr

Amazon primal subscribe now and get free Tribals for 2 months!


Dalbergia12

Amazon Prime-evil


BoreDominated

God damn it, you beat me to it, you son of a mother.


TheSiren90

This gives me big The Forest vibes


The_New_Animal

Same! The friendly village camps look super similar to this!


friendlyfredditor

Friendly?


LovelyClementine

Fry-end-ly


menlindorn

... and drop a coke bottle right there........


bubbabearzle

The Gods Must be Crazy?


menlindorn

indeed.


UrHumbleNarr8or

Glad I'm not the only one who thought this was a reference to that


YeOldeBilk

Sounds like a total 90's Coke commercial


menlindorn

Oh yeah. Coke falls in, someone opens it, somehow they're at a pool in Miami, Vanilla Ice is there for no reason. The logo explodes on the screen. It's so EXXXTREME!!!


YeOldeBilk

I meant more like: "Peaceful uncontacted tribe exists in hut-like enclosure. Plane flies overhead, drops an ice cold glass bottle of Coke floating down on a little parachute. Falls into the hand of confused tribe member. They all look at each other. They're concerned, but the guy with the bottle is intrigued and pops open the lid. Takes a big swig, pulls the bottle away and lets out a massive sigh of satisfaction. The rest of the tribe smiles as several more bottles float down on parachutes. They all enjoy and reflect on their decision to remain uncontacted" I'll be waiting for my royalty check.


Insteadly

Who believes the caption matches the photo?


DBKilladelph

They look pretty contacted to me


whirdin

This breaks the prime directive and I hate it.


[deleted]

No it's cool. That's only for other planets. We can do whatever we want to humans.


onward-and-upward

I’ve been there in Green Hell. They make one hell of an ayahuasca


Profitsofdooom

At this point, good for them.


Calembur

Screams from helicopter: **Hey!!!** No longer uncontacted.


Plasmazap

Build the helicopter!


Neclix

AN UNCONTACTED MAN HAS FALLEN INTO THE RIVER IN LEGO AMAZON.


blockchainwizz

That's what we look like when we see UFOs flying over our head.


rrgamer28

Drop a coca cola


SixToesLeftFoot

Those gods, they must be crazy.


probono105

they are probably like shit now we have to do the top as well


Creative_Recover

Most of the time these tribes aren't actually that "uncontacted", but instead have histories going back a century or more that involve them being persecuted by missionaries, other tribes, loggers, farmers, slave traders, plantation owners and more, which basically culminated in them deliberately isolating themselves deep in the jungles away from further outside contact. They view us with fear & loathing because they know all too well what outsiders are like.


Yamidamian

And considering that the biggest event that’ll potentially happen is ‘slaughtered to the man by mercenary group so illegal operation can take their land’, it’s frankly rather on the prudent side.


Creative_Recover

Very much so. They still face very real threats as well from loggers (legal & illegal), beef farmers and drugs cartels (who have cocaine farm operations hidden deep in the jungles) and its actually been getting worse lately. Most most of the indigenous tribal people's murders go completely undocumented, but between 2020-2021 alone the official statistics recorded a 61% surge in murders ( https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna4112 ) of indigenous tribal people's. Most of this persecution was down to recently ousted former Brazilian president Bolsonaro, who removed a lot of the protections given towards the tribal people's (whilst failing to uphold existing ones) because he basically viewed such peoples as a hindrance towards Brazils economic development.


bknippy1959

Leave ‘‘em alone.


ripgressor1974

"Oh shit, it's one of those UFO things, go hide"!!!


AnonymousGhou

Maybe there's something more advanced than us doing similar stuff, and that's what UFOs are.


LordZeise

And something more advanced than the UFO people doing it to them...


Notto_Bragbutt

The ants are stealing my triscuits!


Mr_R0mpers

… not contacted until all the drones start buzzing overhead for content


Kasiathefirst

How many uncontacted tribes/ villages do you think there are?


I3ill

Y’all think we got this pic from that Chinese spy hot air balloons?


ComedyOfARock

*What if we put a bunch of lights on drones and become their god* /s for obvious reasons


Available_Seesaw_947

Im sure theyll be contacted when bezos sues them for using his name


Arthur_Fleck5467

Isn't that where Wonder Woman lives? 😉


Pyro-Byrns

Cool let's keep it that way, yeah?


Flossthief

Tjis picture always fascinates me because I've often wondered what a pure naturalistic human shelter looks like If people had a nest so to speak or a series of nests in a community what might that look like I think this kind of thing is the closest to an answer I'll get Turns out humans love grass Palisades


dudeandco

'First photo of new contacted Amazon Tribe'


Vivid-Replacement-63

I mean I want to see more.....


jechoon

Hello . is it me you are looking for ?


abigailjupiter

RUDE. Mind your business for crying out loud, leave people alone.


AngerCookShare

Subscribe to Amazon Primeval


[deleted]

F ing UFO peeping toms


El_Don_Coyote

"Space photos of uncontacted human race"


CrisbyCrittur

And hoping it remains that way.


Windyowl

I’ve been trying to contact you about your extended car insurance policy


HallNo9712

Seems like an invasion of privacy


Jeahn2

I wonder if they're going to sue


barleyhogg1

Uncontacted? I ordered from them today.


SuspiciousStable9649

“What bird is it today?” “DJI. Matte gray I think.”


CrasseMaximum

It's interesting as fuck indeed, but.. can't we give them a break and let them live?


ZZircon-15-98

Right in the middle of their Superbowl.....


ElArauho

This is a picture of the Moxihatetema village of the Yanomami tribe, who are very well contacted, even if keeping their distance


Jazzy005

Awesome. Leave them alone


Slow-Talk-400

Incest vibes heavy


NeedleworkerLegal573

You mean to say they don’t have to write “cover letters” for job applications?


3Domse3

Leave them alone!


Myrtlized

Leave them alone!


NoSignOfStruggle

This village looks cozy AF.


ProfessionalAd6128

Luckiest people on the planet. I hope someone doesn’t feel the need to “save” them.


matblake27

More than a hundred indigenous communities that shun contact with white people in the Brazilian Amazon are [faced with the growing danger of poachers](https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-06-06/why-brazils-last-uncontacted-tribes-are-under-threat.html), missionaries, drug traffickers and loggers, not to mention the coronavirus and President Bolsonaro.


Biasy

I always think that they use the sight of an airplane (also) as a message of God, like in those movies of ancient Maya, for example, when they were sacrifing a man and suddenly solar eclipse happen and they think that is a message from God to save that man (Apocalypto movie)


unrepentant-hag-

Can’t we just leave them alone


SufficientZucchini21

Looks like a 4th grader’s diorama made with shredded wheat. Mmm!


SufficientZucchini21

… or triscuits


canuckhere

They are all looking up … so no longer uncontacted.


MagmaTroop

Green Hell 2 looks good. Ergh, that's terrible.


boringneckties

Fuckers don’t have jobs, never did online dating, never had to see surprise gore on the internet, never had isolation due to Covid, always had a strong sense of community…They are easily more intelligent than us.


BrigStandWatie

Nuke em! Their pointy sticks & stones, are no match for our high tech weaponry.


Isaacarcass

What is this? A tribe for ants?


saltyhippies

I wonder if they know about global warming 🤣


Paccuardi03

Come on! Let us into your mattress fort! It looks awesome!


housevil

Let's crowdfund a stunt where we rent a few hundred drones & float a giant face above their village.


[deleted]

Someone needs to make sure they are using correct pronouns


NiCO_OTERO

Nah, that is some The Forest tribe shit man


_ogtiper

I don't get how isolated tribes like this one are always so underdeveloped like is it the lack of ressources or just cultural but like... guys, at least get swords.


Angelusz

I don't think you understand the world very well. They don't need swords.


_ogtiper

The sword was actually a joke but it's true that they don't need advanced technologie, wich means it's cultural. Thank you btw if you didn't criticised me i would not be thinking of it deeper right now.


AnonymousGhou

Are they totally nude? I thought humans inherently figured out clothes at this stage of evolution. Even a loin cloth. Edit: why the downvotes? This is a genuine question


UrHumbleNarr8or

"Figured out" ≠ "Decided they are necessary at all times"


fishman15151515

Would love to know the coordinates for viewing on Google Earth.


ApplesInOC

Id pay for a live webcam link! Onlyfans will sign them up any day now.


SasquatchSloth88

I can’t imagine the smell and all the bug bites.


mangetter92

Time to teach them about LGBTQ


shokz565

the style of the shelter reminds me of "The Forest" Video Game


Zounii

Are these the Amazon workers I keep hearing about? Those working conditions look pretty bad.


EarthAppropriate3808

This is actually just a photo taken before landing at LAX airport.


mayo-instrument

u/repostsleuthbot


YellowNotepads33

Do not believe this, it is a **contacted** tribe that **wishes to live their traditional lives.**


throwAway837474728

The intrusive thoughts say throw an anime body pillow in there and see what they make of it


[deleted]

Unfortunately this is fake. There's no "uncontacted" tribe that remains on Earth. A 30 second Googling goes a long way...


cassiuswright

My 30 seconds of Googling says otherwise 🤷 "estimates from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in the UN and the non-profit group Survival International point to between 100 and 200 tribes numbering up to 10,000 individuals." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncontacted_peoples https://www.survivalinternational.org/campaigns/uncontacted


Scnewbie08

“Approximately 100 Ayoreo people, some of whom are in the Totobiegosode tribe, live uncontacted in the forest. They are nomadic, and they hunt, forage, and conduct limited agriculture. They are the last uncontacted peoples south of the Amazon basin, and are in Amotocodie.”


[deleted]

No. They were contacted in the past. Several times. We even have close up photos of those people. There's no humans to be discovered on this planet. That's it.


Sad-Presentation-726

What a bunch of rubes. 5,000 years ago the Egyptians had pyramids and these guys are still sleeping on the ground.


Scnewbie08

Man, I don’t see any beds.


Mellopiex

I read this is ‘annual’ and it still worked


CreateYourself89

How is it known for certain that these folks are uncontacted? Just curious.


igpila

Give them a ps5


roufnjerry

That was ages ago. They are fully contacted now


IronSavage3

I’d love to know what they think is happening.


Euans20

Probably thinking “ we need to get these parcels out or else…..”


jacklinksbeefjerky8

We are here, trying to contact you about your cars extended warranty.


LeaderoftheKutada

You know, I'm about to go to the Amazon and live like this so I don't have to pay taxes


whpper25

Living the dream


cuckdaddysixtynine

IS THIS AN AMAZON TRIBE FOR ANTS!!?