Another Mysterious Roman Dodecahedron Has Been Unearthed in England (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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[-] Buddahriffic@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago

I wonder what mundane items from today will be found far in the future and speculated about what they could be for. And if our plastic world will leave more or fewer of these artifacts.

[-] plantedworld@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

The little table in the pizza box that holds the lid off the cheese

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

Well, we've got a lot more pictures of things nowadays, so it's much easier to recognise, say, a shoulder-adapter for a bakelite phone horn, because there are pictures of people using one.

Edit: Wow, they still exist: https://www.amazon.com/Rest-Phone-Telephone-Shoulder-Support/dp/B00404VASS

[-] TheFriar@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

lol u think stuff made today will last to the far future

They don’t even last til the near future

[-] Lon3star@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

The plastic shells of our disposable lifestyle will live for centuries

[-] Buddahriffic@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

It's questionable how long it will last. On one hand, we can estimate the natural decay of them, but on the other hand, plastic is a resource that life could exploit and some already does. So it might just be a matter of time before plastic rots away like trees do.

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