# Take a modern invention back in time

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 16, 2021, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-modern-invention-back-in-time/954446 "2021-11-16T10:16:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-modern-invention-back-in-time/954446/128 "2021-12-02T20:22:51Z")

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But does anyone remember this thread? [Anyone with hands-on practical experience with fire bows?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-with-hands-on-practical-experience-with-fire-bows/813330).

It’s actually quite funny and seems to suggest that starting a fire this way is much more difficult than it seems. I don’t personally know one way or the other but this I do know - in a post apocalyptic, all technology is gone, world, I would probably be one of the first to die of starvation or something of that ilk 😀

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