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[-] Mechanismatic@lemmy.ml 91 points 3 weeks ago

Still pretty common today.

[-] Genius@lemmy.zip 52 points 3 weeks ago

Look at this fella with no favourite rock

[-] D_C@lemm.ee 19 points 3 weeks ago

Ha, what a ...wait, do you think they also don't have a favourite stick?!?

[-] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Or a favourite cave?

[-] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

There was definitely a time when nobody pretended their favorite stick was a gun.

[-] MemmingenFan923@feddit.org 48 points 3 weeks ago

Wearing Jewels is the advanced form of carrying a pet rock.

[-] ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee 15 points 3 weeks ago

We're not so different than the penguins that prostitute themselves for rocks

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 5 points 3 weeks ago

To be fair, the penguins don't care about the rocks they're just kinky like that

[-] Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world 37 points 3 weeks ago

This is lemmy. Everyone has a favourite rock.

[-] datavoid@lemmy.ml 13 points 3 weeks ago

They're fucking minerals Marie

[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

I can't pick a favorite.

They're all neat.

[-] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 4 points 3 weeks ago

I thought I was weird after seeing that black stand-up on kill Tony saying he had some of his favorites in his pocket. My step mom and I went hiking and she found two really cool rocks, one was gray and has streaks of purple, the other one was dark but with orange streaks. They live on my dashboard.

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[-] judgyweevil@feddit.it 27 points 3 weeks ago

Paleontologists have found Neanderthal stone tools (knapped stone) made with high quality stone taken from kilometers away. This means that they had favorite tools that they wanted to keep with them, while other low quality stones where used few times before being discarded near their collection point

[-] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

"Yo dude checkout my secret rock spot, it's 13 kilometers over there"

[-] Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf 8 points 3 weeks ago

Even way back then, they already used the metric system!

[-] judgyweevil@feddit.it 7 points 3 weeks ago

It was the most natural thing to do

[-] Captain_CapsLock@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

There's an area in the cascade range (western US, specifically oregon) that is a giant field of knapped obsidian, that was used as a training ground for young knappers, as well as a trading ground to trade knapped obsidian that has been found all over the western US. Not just miles, but many many miles. I'll see if I can go find a link.

[-] radix@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Ehhhhh, believe it or not the 1970s was 50 years ago.

[-] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 21 points 3 weeks ago

The 70s will remain thirty years ago until the day I die.

[-] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago

I wasn't even alive in the seventies and I still calculate it as just before I was born

[-] radix@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Can't be. I was born in the 70s and I'm only what the fuck?

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[-] kbal@fedia.io 16 points 3 weeks ago

Wait... do you guys not have a favourite rock?

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

No.

I can't pick a favorite they're all so cool.

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

After very careful consideration I have selected my top 3 favorite rocks.

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Fuck me I forgot the black sparkly one. I am back to crippling indecision.

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[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

Wait till this guy finds out about the Kaaba

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[-] squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 3 weeks ago

One of my favorite rocks is stoner rock.

[-] untorquer@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

Doing volunteer trail maintenance. All the people swarm the tool pile trying to claim their favorite pick mattock or grub hoe. It's adorable.

[-] toynbee@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

You're my favorite grub hoe.

[-] untorquer@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago
[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

You don't have a favorite Rock?

[-] GooberEar@lemmy.wtf 7 points 3 weeks ago

It's a mineral, Gurk.

[-] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 weeks ago

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 6 points 3 weeks ago

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.

[-] mercano@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

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

Cats have had domesticated humans for roughly 10,000 years.

Goats have been domesticated for at least 10,000 years.

Dogs have been domesticated for at bare minimum 15,000 years.

People have had their favourite pet animals for much longer than you think.

[-] FundMECFSResearch 4 points 3 weeks ago

Don’t mind Geologists

[-] tehWrapper@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Like I have a favorite spatula.

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