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[–] retrospectology@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Geology is pretty mind bending. Most of the bricks that built New York City, for example, were made with clay carried down by the ice sheet from Canada and deposited in huge amounts in the Hudson valley (back when it was covered in glacial lakes ~10,000 years ago).

Today, as humanity moved on from bricks to materials like steel and concrete, the massive brick factories are left abandoned and the excess bricks quietly erode back down into the earth:

[–] darkpanda@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah this is pure Peanuts. I mean look at them. If that ain’t Charlie Brown and Lucy then I don’t know what’s what anymore.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago

I've seen enough of this comic at this point to think that it's very deliberate. I think the artist's goal is to create a spiritual successor to Peanuts

[–] henfredemars 6 points 1 year ago

To rocks we are like fruit flies. Here today, gone tomorrow.

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Replace the rock with lasagna and you have yourself a Garfield comic.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Then again, the rock will likely still be there after the house has long fallen into ruin.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

This seems nice to me.

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