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‘Technofossils’: how humanity’s eternal testament will be plastic bags, cheap clothes and chicken bones (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 hours ago

it needs to be a warning sign

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 19 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

[–] errer@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Incredible.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

Whoa! Algebraic!

[–] TheAristocrat@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

And glass bottles.

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 20 hours ago

at least glass is nontoxic