Did your water come on when you turned on the tap today? Well, somebody somewhere has a checklist they're in the habit of doing, because they've been given the idea that it's important. They will never meet you, probably, and it wouldn't impact them directly in any way if you didn't have water. But, because of all the habits of them, you, and all the people in-between the two of you that connect you: You got to drink and shower, instead of having to hike to a well in the back yard.

Same for the people that built your cell phone, same for the people that decided that you can have groceries at the store because you told your side of the story, same for the people keeping Mahmoud Khalil in prison or letting him go. Don't ever let people tell you stories in the head are not important. They're near top of the list of the most important things we have.

[–] DeathsEmbrace@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago

All of Greek history was just verbal for most of it. During Ancient Greece stories were the only thing they left behind. some didnt even have anything but the stories told over generations. The problem is retelling we can lose important details they think is common sense/lack of context.