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The Most Important Material Ever Made [22:22]
YouTube ^ | November 13, 2024 | Veritasium

Posted on 10/23/2025 5:49:13 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

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2 posted on 10/23/2025 5:49:40 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Saran Wrap


3 posted on 10/23/2025 5:54:13 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: SunkenCiv

I’d say tp is pretty damned important


4 posted on 10/23/2025 5:56:00 PM PDT by drypowder
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To: mikey_hates_everything

The Fugs want to thank you! 😁🎵


5 posted on 10/23/2025 5:57:06 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: mikey_hates_everything

Are you The 2000 Year Old Man? OHBOYYY!


6 posted on 10/23/2025 5:57:09 PM PDT by decal (They won't stop, so they'll have to be stopped)
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To: SunkenCiv

The most important material ever made? I never would have guessed glass. But seeing that I’m typing this while wearing glasses… yes, that makes perfect sense.

By the way, out of curiosity, what happened to post #1? I’ve seen the Viking Kitties attack posts, but never post #1. That’s a new one on me.

🤔


7 posted on 10/23/2025 5:57:09 PM PDT by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: drypowder
Good call! 🧻 My late mother came of age during WWII, IOW, she was born just before and grew up during the Great Depression. Employment for women and girls skyrocketed during the war, and she told me (and believe me, I hadn't asked) that the first thing that girls her age bought when they got their first payday was women's sanitary napkins. Prior to that, the method used was old cloth (literally rags), which then had to be cleaned for reuse. So, sorry about the visual.

8 posted on 10/23/2025 6:00:55 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: Leaning Right

Happened?


9 posted on 10/23/2025 6:01:58 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: Leaning Right

Oh, yeah, not sure. The mod has done that before without warning or explanation. It was a curated topic link list drawn from the ‘glass’ keyword. It had some interesting stuff from historical glass topics, as well as more about these new glass versions widely used in mobile phones.


10 posted on 10/23/2025 6:03:56 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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⛵😺🐱😹😽⚓


11 posted on 10/23/2025 6:05:28 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: drypowder

Along with modern sanitation.


12 posted on 10/23/2025 6:07:38 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children)
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To: SunkenCiv

“the first things girls her age bought”

You read how our ancestors grew up with no toilet paper until they got a Sears Roebuck catalog. Few article talk about how our female ancestors had to make do with no sanitary material. Apparently they used torn old sheets or any kind of cotton material. They would wash them and then lay them out in the son while the men were out working in the fields.


13 posted on 10/23/2025 6:11:37 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: SunkenCiv

I’d say dirt is pretty important since we’re all standing on it (as are our houses). Dirt doesn’t get a lot of credit but I’m glad it’s there.


14 posted on 10/23/2025 6:12:33 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait.)
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To: Larry Lucido

Dirt is where Ivermectin was discovered.


15 posted on 10/23/2025 6:13:47 PM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: Larry Lucido

Dirt isn’t a form or product of technology though.

Regardless, there’s nothing dirtier than a big ball of oil.


16 posted on 10/23/2025 6:20:49 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: ladyjane

“lay them out in the son”

If you’d said “with” instead of “in”, could have been a Freudian slip...

And the term “Freudian slip” doesn’t mean Freud was trans, btw.


17 posted on 10/23/2025 6:28:48 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Nabisco chocolate pinwheels.


18 posted on 10/23/2025 6:41:36 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: SunkenCiv

Oh no. How did I miss that. You must be a proof reader like I am.

Life was not easy years ago. Chop wood for the winter and for the stove, get water from the creek, no toilet paper, no thermal clothes. We are so lucky.


19 posted on 10/23/2025 6:48:55 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: SunkenCiv
The Most Important Material Ever Made

Cord.

Cord is life.

Cord is love.

At least it keeps your love close. :)

But seriously, cord is the most important material ever made.

20 posted on 10/23/2025 6:54:25 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (It's like somebody just put the Constitution up on a wall …. and shot the First Amendment -Mike Rowe)
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