I will be deleting this post in a short while, but I wanted to be sure that everyone was aware that if it weren’t for the hard work and determination of one:
/u/JohnnyCanuck
-this error in historical accuracy would have been forced upon millions of lemmy users.
So, as a result of their firm belief that all showerthoughts must be historically accurate and factually correct, as mentioned, it will be removed.
One can only shudder to think on the devastation caused by such a glaring oversight…
The consequences would be devastating.
10th century starts at 900 CE, so you’re actually talking about 1100 years from 200 BCE.
However, you’re also using a very loose definition of fireworks. They (the Han dynasty) were throwing bamboo tubes into fire to make them go BANG in 200 BCE. Those weren’t even related (most likely) to the invention of gunpowder. The best theories suggest alchemist were looking for the elixir of life when they stumbled on something pretty flammable.
Gunpowder in a reasonably effective form wasn’t invented until about 800 CE (9th century) by the Tang dynasty. That was refined for the next 100 years to be more effective and around 900CE they got close to what we have today. They (the Song dynasty) used it pretty much immediately to make weapons (fire arrows).
It was an amusing thought. Not a college thesis.
Oh I didn’t realize you had the dates of firework and firearm inventions memorized, I figured you had been looking something up.
In any case, you can consider my comment directed at anyone else who comes along and thinks that people didn’t use gunpowder for killing people for over a millenia after it was invented, based on reading your post.
I’ll tell you what. I’ll go ahead and remove the post.
But with respect to your diligent policing of its glaring historical inaccuracies and your astute correction of the historical timelines of fireworks, I’ll go ahead and leave it up for a little while so everyone can see the fantastic job you’re doing in keeping this little section of lemmy historically accurate.
Do be sure to correct the rest of the posts here and let them know you’re the new badge in town.
Finally, I have nothing to offer in appeasement aside from my most sincerest of apologies. I was not thinking ahead of time when I assumed that a whimsical shower thought was worth sharing with people.
EDIT: updated the original post to commemorate your hard work. Again, I’ll delete it after a short time to ensure everyone can see your efforts weren’t wasted.
Look I’m sorry, i wasn’t meaning to upset you with my original comment. But I also wasn’t the only person to call out the inaccuracies.
I’m not in the least bit upset. I just didn’t know a whimsical thought would end up under such scrutiny- and then used as an example to serve to anyone else foolish enough to believe it.
You got me there, guy! Under the right teacher, most mistakes are only made only once. 😀