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You make what you measure. They measured snakes.
40 0 ReplyWhat do you suppose they should have measured instead? Honestly I'm coming up blank.
3 0 ReplyProbably could've just employed people, with one of their responsibilities being to manage the cobra population — not tying their pay to how many cobras they killed.
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Same thing was said about French colonial forces and the Vietnamese but with rats instead of snakes.
32 0 ReplyIirc there's no evidence of this actually happening, could be an old folktale for all we know lol
7 1 ReplyI love the colonial britain getting hustled. But how does having increased cobras benefit India?
5 2 ReplyFewer rats I suppose.
9 0 ReplyNow we’re talking.
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Like all cute stories that justify markets, it's fake lol
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