It's nice that rain doesn't fall fast enough to do damage, or early humans would've been screwed. amirite?

well all the humans who were weak enough to be damaged by rain died out. we're the ones who survived

by Anonymous 2 days ago

makes me wonder, what other trivial environmental aspect would've been dangerous had we evolved differently?

by Anonymous 2 days ago

All of them. Quite literally

by Anonymous 2 days ago

75% of the Earth's surface will drown us

by Anonymous 2 days ago

By the way: This is an ( imaginary…?) example of the Theory of Evolution at work, for anyone who didn't already know!

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Perhaps not "humans" but the whatever-goo-like creature that could be broken down by rain from our ancestry line.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

It's also great that ice rain doesn't come down in the shape of needles.

by Both-Literature 2 days ago

I don't to like the idea of a golf ball hitting my head at terminal velocity either

by Anonymous 2 days ago

The terminal velocity of rain droplets is very low (~20mph) and would have to be significantly higher to cause any real damage to humans (a water jet cutter is shooting water at thousands of mph). So, yes we are lucky that terminal velocities exist.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

It falls at terminal velocity. It can't fall any faster.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Not with that attitude

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Then it's a good thing we have an atmosphere.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

True, if we didn't, rain wouldn't even be a concern lol

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Early humans wouldn't have evolved in the form that they did if rainfall was harmful.

by Sufficient_Doubt 2 days ago

If it did I'm sure we'd have a body suit of armor by now. Well in a sense our skin is a body suit of armor that we take for granted.

by Sea_Imagination9952 2 days ago

If this was the case the earth would be a very different place. If rain falls hard enough to damage humans then most plants and animals would also have to have adapted very differently, or perhaps life would never have taken off on earth at all. You'd also have to consider the fact that erosion of rocks and other solid minerals would happen a lot faster than it does with the rain we have. Interesting speculation but I think it would go a lot deeper than just how it affects humans. Considering we are yet to find any trace of life on any planet we've discovered conditions arguably have to be pretty damn perfect for life to even begin in the first place

by BeneficialVast 2 days ago

Early humans had thicker eyebrows to deflect before parasols were invented. Large hail's velocity would indeed be terminal to those it hit at terminal velocity. /s

by Anonymous 2 days ago

If gravity was so strong that a raindrop can cause injuries, youd have trouble walking.

by DoughnutApart 2 days ago