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xkcd #3008: Proterozoic Rocks (xkcd.com)

submitted 7 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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These rocks are from a time before eyes, brains, and bones, pieces of a land warmed by an unseen sun.

https://explainxkcd.com/3008/

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

This kind of makes me feel better about the election

[–] [email protected] -5 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

Could you please not shoehorn American politics into every single fucking thing?

You're 4% of the planet

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

The rocks will look different when their chemistry will change when exposed to a warmer climate, different climate migrating species grow on them, and they're covered in micro plastics, and worn down by more acidic rains.

And possibly become radioactive if things don't go right.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago

I'm zero percent planet, but all of the planet will feel the rippels caused by this election.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

A-fucking-men.