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xkcd #3004: Wells (xkcd.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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well well well, if it isn't a new xkcd

You do have to be careful, though--sometimes, instead of water, you hit this free fuel that you can sell for a lot of money instead.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I always assumed that some poor schmuck was trying to dig a hole because he needed a hole and the fucking thing kept flooding. He was pissed until his buddy realized that they had stumbled upon a magic portal to a lake which they could use to get water from.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'd say it's likely that wells were independently invented multiple times. Some may have been luck, others ingenuity.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

The fact that people were still paying for 'professional' dowsing services as recently as 20 years ago says a lot too. Many people genuinely thought that wells needed to hit a specific spot to get water, the comprehension of how water tables work was certainly lacking.

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