Still pretty common today.
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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
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- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Look at this fella with no favourite rock
Ha, what a ...wait, do you think they also don't have a favourite stick?!?
Or a favourite cave?
There was definitely a time when nobody pretended their favorite stick was a gun.
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Wearing Jewels is the advanced form of carrying a pet rock.
We're not so different than the penguins that prostitute themselves for rocks
To be fair, the penguins don't care about the rocks they're just kinky like that
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This is lemmy. Everyone has a favourite rock.
They're fucking minerals Marie
I can't pick a favorite.
They're all neat.
Mine is cummingtonite
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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
"Yo dude checkout my secret rock spot, it's 13 kilometers over there"
Even way back then, they already used the metric system!
It was the most natural thing to do
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.
Wasn't that long ago that people even had pet rocks.
Ehhhhh, believe it or not the 1970s was 50 years ago.
The 70s will remain thirty years ago until the day I die.
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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Wait... do you guys not have a favourite rock?
No.
I can't pick a favorite they're all so cool.
After very careful consideration I have selected my top 3 favorite rocks.
Fuck me I forgot the black sparkly one. I am back to crippling indecision.
fuck those are some good rocks
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Was?
Doing volunteer trail maintenance. All the people swarm the tool pile trying to claim their favorite pick mattock or grub hoe. It's adorable.
You're my favorite grub hoe.
😍
You don't have a favorite Rock?
It's a mineral, Gurk.
I mean when I was young and used to play with rocks I had a favourite rock, I mean even painting rocks was a thing. No need to go thousands of years back lol
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.
Sea otters exhibit this behavior. They keep their favorite rock in their pouches and use them to crack open shellfish.
Don’t mind Geologists
Cats have had domesticated humans for roughly 10,000 years.
Goats have been domesticated for at least 10,000 years.
Dogs have been domesticated for at bare minimum 15,000 years.
People have had their favourite pet animals for much longer than you think.
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