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[–] 6 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I got weirdly emotional the other day reading about Yellowstone and thinking about what people must have thought when they stumbled on Old Faithful.

Had they ever seen anything like that? Probably didn't even know what it was. Even if they were a first generation American, it's not like Europe is covered in geysers.

I got kinda sad knowing that every major natural feature on earth has already been discovered. I know that's hyperbolic but...the bottom of the ocean isn't something a normal person will ever see.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Sometimes I think about that meme:

    Born too late to explore the earth, born too early to explore the universe, born just in time to explore memes.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    I guess if you consider silently scrolling through variations on the same dozen jokes over and over a form of exploration...

    It's a bit ironic when meme culture cluttered and homogenized the internet

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