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DesertDwellingWeirdo@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days ago

Thousands of years ago, when tools were very primitive, it was probably common to have a favorite rock.

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Thousands of years ago, when tools were very primitive, it was probably common to have a favorite rock.

DesertDwellingWeirdo@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days ago
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  • Genius@lemmy.zipBanned
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    Look at this fella with no favourite rock

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      Ha, what a …wait, do you think they also don’t have a favourite stick?!?

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        There was definitely a time when nobody pretended their favorite stick was a gun.

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        I have a jar of rocks and two sticks. That guy doesn’t know how to human.

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        Or a favourite cave?

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    Like I have a favorite spatula.

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    Doing volunteer trail maintenance. All the people swarm the tool pile trying to claim their favorite pick mattock or grub hoe. It’s adorable.

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      You’re my favorite grub hoe.

      • untorquer@lemmy.world
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        😍

  • Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world
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    This is lemmy. Everyone has a favourite rock.

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      Mine is cummingtonite

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      They’re fucking minerals Marie

    • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social
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      Hematite is hella tight.

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        I had a different one in mind.

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          You just know the dude that named this had to be laughing to himself when submitting anything official.

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      I can’t pick a favorite.

      They’re all neat.

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      I thought I was weird after seeing that black stand-up on kill Tony saying he had some of his favorites in his pocket. My step mom and I went hiking and she found two really cool rocks, one was gray and has streaks of purple, the other one was dark but with orange streaks. They live on my dashboard.

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        Dashboard, as in car dashboard? Or is that also a name for furniture?

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          Car dashboard.

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            While it’s a cute idea, that’s really dangerous. If you’re ever in an accident, those things will turn into bullets, endangering you and possibly others. Even just a hard brake could make you lose an eye. I’d store them safely at home instead :)

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              Are you saying I (a huge human) would accelerate faster than>1lbs. rocks?

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                Not sure I understand the question. You’re in a seatbelt, while the rocks are able to move freely throughout the interior of the car. They’ll fly throughout the interior in the event of a crash. Even worse, if they are between you and the airbag when it’s deploying, they’ll be embedded into your skull.

                I’m not making this up, you can find the same advice everywhere. It’s very dangerous for you and other passengers.

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                  I’m asking why you think rocks that are in front of me would be a risk.

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    Still pretty common today.

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    My favorite rock has a first name, it’s H-O-M-E-R. My favorite rock has a second name, it’s H-O-M-E-R.

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    Wait till this guy finds out about the Kaaba

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      Glory to your rock house

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    Wearing Jewels is the advanced form of carrying a pet rock.

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      We’re not so different than the penguins that prostitute themselves for rocks

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        To be fair, the penguins don’t care about the rocks they’re just kinky like that

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          The rocks just make it classy.

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    Paleontologists have found Neanderthal stone tools (knapped stone) made with high quality stone taken from kilometers away. This means that they had favorite tools that they wanted to keep with them, while other low quality stones where used few times before being discarded near their collection point

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      “Yo dude checkout my secret rock spot, it’s 13 kilometers over there”

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        Even way back then, they already used the metric system!

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          It was the most natural thing to do

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      There’s an area in the cascade range (western US, specifically oregon) that is a giant field of knapped obsidian, that was used as a training ground for young knappers, as well as a trading ground to trade knapped obsidian that has been found all over the western US. Not just miles, but many many miles. I’ll see if I can go find a link.

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    I have a favourite rock

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      Is it this one?

      image

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        That’s not a rock, that’s Dwayne Johnson, you know the actor

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          🤯

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        I got an STL on his face on those things that shot at you from the river in ocarina of Time. It’s called an octorock

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    Wasn’t that long ago that people even had pet rocks.

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      Ehhhhh, believe it or not the 1970s was 50 years ago.

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        The 70s will remain thirty years ago until the day I die.

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          That '70s Show aired in 1998, 22 years after 1976, when it was set.

          1998 was 27 years ago.

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          I wasn’t even alive in the seventies and I still calculate it as just before I was born

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        Can’t be. I was born in the 70s and I’m only what the fuck?

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        ancient history

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          Literally start of epoch. 🙃

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        Stfu

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    Was?

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    this reminds me of the kam patterson skit

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    Umm… I still have a favorite rock. His name is Doug 😂

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      My favorite rock also has a name: Mount Saint Helens

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        And what a great rock that is. Although temperamental at times.

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    Wait… do you guys not have a favourite rock?

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      I’m partial to grunge and prog

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        Shoegaze 4 lyfe.

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          I’ve been gazing at my shoes since nine trey!

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      No.

      I can’t pick a favorite they’re all so cool.

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        After very careful consideration I have selected my top 3 favorite rocks.

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          Fuck me I forgot the black sparkly one. I am back to crippling indecision.

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            fuck those are some good rocks

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      I like Steve the most

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