Until recently in human history 100% of humans were illiterate.

“Recently” seems to mean something different in your comment than the one you replied to. As in at least an order of magnitude difference, maybe two.

rs186 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Terrible analogy.

btw analogy is not a good way to win arguments.

	▲	kirubakaran 18 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Winning arguments with analogies is like painting still life with a broad brush