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DesertDwellingWeirdo@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 months 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 · 3 months ago
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  • Mechanismatic@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    Still pretty common today.

  • Genius@lemmy.zip
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    Look at this fella with no favourite rock

    • D_C@lemm.ee
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      Ha, what a …wait, do you think they also don’t have a favourite stick?!?

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        Or a favourite cave?

      • Olhonestjim@lemmy.world
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        There was definitely a time when nobody pretended their favorite stick was a gun.

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

    • datavoid@lemmy.ml
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      They’re fucking minerals Marie

    • RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world
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      I can’t pick a favorite.

      They’re all neat.

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

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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      Ehhhhh, believe it or not the 1970s was 50 years ago.

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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

  • AnarchistArtificer@lemmy.world
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    I have a favourite rock

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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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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    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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        😍

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    You don’t have a favorite Rock?

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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

      • Summer@lemmy.zip
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        And what a great rock that is. Although temperamental at times.

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    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

  • BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works
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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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    Don’t mind Geologists

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    Sea otters exhibit this behavior. They keep their favorite rock in their pouches and use them to crack open shellfish.

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    Like I have a favorite spatula.

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    It’s believed that connections to objects as favorites is a more recent human evolution. Tribes would have spears and tools but people would just take one.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapiens:_A_Brief_History_of_Humankind

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