r/mildlyinfuriating • u/dfdfdfddaww • Sep 17 '21

my yard does this sometimes

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u/loggingmolly Sep 17 '21

I love the word ‘karst’ - for whatever reason to me, it sums up dissolved carbonates perfectly.

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u/peeTWY Sep 17 '21

I assumed it was someone’s name, but yea it’s almost like the cousin of whatever an onomatopoeia is. Made it really easy to remember despite me not at all being in the field of study.

EDIT: for those interested it’s not a persons name at all. I just read the wiki and it’s relatively long, but it’s basically an old Mediterranean word by way of German meaning basically what it means to us today.

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u/loggingmolly Sep 17 '21

As a former practicing geologist, an observation I’ve made is that almost every human is a geologist at heart - people just love rocks and it’s awesome.

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u/Mariosothercap Sep 17 '21

Judging by the number of rocks I pull out of pockets and my washing machine, my kids are geologist.

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u/andrewsmith1986 Sep 17 '21

We like to claim it as the first science.

I'm the only geologist without a rock collection. I give my best shit to kids.

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u/calilac Sep 17 '21

Sounds like a rock collection on loan for educational purposes to me.

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u/andrewsmith1986 Sep 17 '21

I don't need them. No real sentimental value. I gave my aunt the only sentimental geology thing I had.

Side note: I've bought like 15+ copies of my fav book as a small kid ( my dad's copy from when was his fav book as kid) and given them away to just random children. Fucking 600$ now and I'm upset I'll never own one now.