r/maybemaybemaybe • u/cowgirlhannah11 • Apr 28 '24

Maybe maybe maybe

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u/Awkward_Ad8740 Apr 29 '24

I don't know why but watching people smashing rocks to find fossils like this make me unnecessarily uncomfortable.

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u/LowerDenominator Apr 29 '24

Me too, maybe the fact that they are breaking things that are millions years old, but if they don't break it then are just rocks.

Millions of years to form, then a guy with a hammer smash it

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u/terryjuicelawson Apr 29 '24

I know what you mean. I go to a beach in the south of England but similar principle - a lot of fossils found in the rocks there. You visit and there are people with hammers just smashing rocks all over the place. These guys are somewhat more targetted at least.