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sounds_sound  ·  4649 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How to move a 15" Diameter Tree
i saw one of those on the highway once, tree and all. makes you realize just how much we've dominated our earth.




cliffelam  ·  4649 days ago  ·  link  ·  
We are fleas upon the earth. The people of Thailand didn't do much better than the folks in Pompeii.

For that matter, GDP clearly doesn't even protect you in a adjacent timeframe - look at Japan and Thailand. Accounting for population density probably not much difference in mortality.

-XC

sounds_sound  ·  4649 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I can lift a boulder above my head and if I drop it then it will crush me, but the fact that I can still lift it at all is remarkable nonetheless.