Its because the children yearn for the mines.
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The children, they yearn for the mines
This is why children are called minors.
This is also how the pyramids happened.
I’ve been thinking the same, only literally. I think mining for ore and minerals predates building pyramids. Once you start mining, where do you put all the useless rock you displace? You have to move it, obviously, or you won’t be able to get to the mine, and you need to store it as efficiently as possible so as to minimize the labor you spend on an unprofitable side task.
Sooner or later you’ll have a pyramid whether you wanted one or not.
Pyramids are the natural conclusion of mining. They’re found all over the planet, too, so it’s not like one guy came up with the concept. It’s a silly prospect in any case, what good is a neatly organized pile of rocks?
To be clear, the text in the bottom half of this meme is 100% accurate, though rarely, if ever, spoken out loud. When you approached The Hole, you’d briefly exchange glances with the other diggers, they’d nod, silently acknowledging a new ally and, without a word, affirming “you know what to do.”
I feel like this was at the age before you learnt how to interact with strangers… or perhaps before you temporarily forgot how to.
Probably the latter. Back then making a new friend was as easy as walking up to the other kid and just joining in. You like Hot Wheels? I also like Hot Wheels.
Making friends as an adult is awkward as hell, even if you share the same interests. “I had fun and would like to hang out with you again, but asking another grown ass man you just met for their contact info is a strange and terrifying concept.”
I’ve literally experienced this except we were drunk adults and not kids. We ended up with like 10 guys and the hole was about 5 foot in every direction by the time someone shut us down.
I miss doing things for the sake of just doing them. I don’t have enough of that in my life.
It’s called play, and it’s what we do as kids naturally. Play is just as beneficial for adults. Go play!
Yep pretty much!
If you build a great hole, beware the great pile being built next to it.
Someone will turn that into a sandcastle I’m sure
Or it will forever be a mound. Untill the tide comes in.
One another bottomless pit attracts future bottoms. It’s a danger for our top\bottom economy.
I always take a full sized shovel to the beach, none of this small plastic shit, and it always attracts positive attention from kids and dads!
Boys? Don’t dig deeper than you are tall, ok? Sand can fall in on itself. If it’s up to your neck, we dig you out. If it’s over your head, we don’t get to come to the beach again.
Got that, boys? Okay. Grab a spade.
Just keep making it wider as well as taller.
The hole must be dug deeper. DEEPER.
Growing up in a village, we did this sometimes near a pond. Instead of sand, it was soft clay. It was fun to see it fill up with water when it got deep enough.
I’d, as a grown ass man, absolutely help a bunch of kids dig a big ass hole on a beach. Hell, I’d go grab the “snow” shovel out of my car (solid reinforced plastic, favorite of anybody who’s used to working with snow, never seen anyone break one yet) and really move some material.
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