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Rock

Rocks and stones are natural formations of minerals that can be used to create the most primitive technology. Stone age was the first stage of our civilization; it was characterized by use of stone tools. Rock nerds are called geologists.

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Rocks are pretty suckless and LRS because they are simple, they are everywhere, free and can be used in a number of ways such as:

  • As a building material.
  • For fun and entertainment, you can play various games with rocks: rock skipping, petanque, long throw, even chess.
  • As weapons, even though we discourage this use.
  • For making tools such as knives or hammers.
  • To hold heat: you can e.g. heat stones in fire and let them heat you while you sleep or use them to cook something.
  • For writing, some can be used as a chalk, some may be used to carve text into, which makes the texts last very long (that's why we have records of very old history, see also RCBD). A dust from some rocks can be used to make dye to paint or write with.
  • As weights.
  • For help with counting (e.g. abacus) -- this makes rocks a kind of computer!
  • To make art, decorations, small statues etc.
  • For breaking things, grinding, sharpening etc.
  • With advanced technology we can get metals out of rocks, extract geological knowledge from them etc.
  • Some rocks can be used to start fire.
  • Some are pretty rare and can be used as a currency, even though we hate money and discourage this as well.
  • You can collect them as a cool non-capitalist hobby.
  • As pets... apparently pet rocks are a thing :)
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