• fossilesque@mander.xyzOPM
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    11 months ago

    Yeah, it’s been linked to systemic racist thought patterns (which are often unintentional but should be acknowledged). I explain it to people like this: take a handful of sand and turn your fist so that your palm faces perpendicular to the ground. Now release the sand slowly… What shape does it form? It isn’t rocket science.

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      11 months ago

      I was thinking “three ridges” first 😅 (I imagined the sand running between the four fingers of my semi-closed fist)

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      11 months ago

      So you’re saying the pyramids are just giant rocks piled on top of each other?

      If so, then what was dropping them and how could the intricacies inside the pyramids be possible if they were just dropped on top of each other?

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        11 months ago

        Pyramids = basic engineering shape for a sturdy structure. Wide base, tapered top. A lot of early monumental structures were constructed with that basic concept in mind.

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          11 months ago

          I don’t think people have ever been blown away from the shape of them.

          Edit: and it’s actually really silly to think about someone who would be… “Woah! How are those things triangles???” Like what?