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[–] limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Years from now ( think tens of millions) paleontologists of some species will wonder about this age, and think that this was great extinction caused by a period of volcanic instability; with monkeys and some mammals overrepresented in the fossil record

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

"These 'sheep' animals must have been the dominant species in the archipelago formerly known as New Zealand"

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] errer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Whoa! Algebraic!

[–] TheAristocrat@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

George Carlin did suggest that humanity's purpose on earth was to create plastic.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

at least glass is nontoxic

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca -1 points 4 hours ago

nontoxic

non-toxic