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Pretty cool, pop the video out onto Youtube.
sounds_sound · 4374 days ago · link ·
i saw one of those on the highway once, tree and all. makes you realize just how much we've dominated our earth.
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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
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sounds_sound · 4374 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.
micronitephil · 4374 days ago · link ·
This video reminded me of something out of Tolkien. I think Treebeard would have growled in anger and smashed that thing to bits with a large boulder.
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sounds_sound · 4374 days ago · link ·
No way dude. Treebeard would have a treeboner for that thing because it saves trees and gives them new homes. Look how happy everyone is for that thing. It's even a good photo-op for the city parks board :)
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micronitephil · 4374 days ago · link ·
Could have done without the Treebeard boner image, but point taken.
thenewgreen · 4374 days ago · link ·
This is cool. I was listening to story the other day about Johnny Appleseed and why he became se beloved. It's because planting an apple tree became a way to stake claim to property rights. If you had a tree that was 3 years or older on a property then it was your property. Johnny would go around selling 3 year old trees, thereby essentially selling domain rights. He was the historical version of this machine.