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[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 45 points 1 week ago (5 children)

🌈 πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ 🌈 πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ 🌈 πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

Is that a super gay triple thrust fault?

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Their favorite position is the law of superposition

[–] edg@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Their safe word is palinspastic

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 4 points 1 week ago
[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Damn that's hot

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago

That looks like a special alphabet for the ZX81.

[–] HorikBrun@kbin.earth 34 points 1 week ago (3 children)

As a geologist, I approve.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] HorikBrun@kbin.earth 11 points 1 week ago

A ge-ally-gist. ;)

[–] iocase@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago

You like to get your rocks off too πŸ₯΅πŸ₯΅

Yay, another one! I, too, am a geologist.

[–] atomicorange@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 week ago

ikr? look what happens when you split light with a prism, too!

[–] Sickos@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago
[–] homes@piefed.world 8 points 1 week ago

Rocks have been gay for billions of years

It’s time to give humans some attention

[–] kayzeekayzee@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Anyone have the original version of that chart?

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

i have a geologic map of texas on my wall by the door. tells how old various regions are

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 2 points 1 week ago

Your periodic table looks funny.

[–] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Anyone know why it's "backwards"?, idk what the convention is for geology but I'm use to timelines going from left/oldest to right/newest

[–] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Law of superposition. The timescale is in the order that you would find it digging down through ancient rock strata: youngest on top, older as you go down.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

awwww my weird little pet had that exact poster