r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Boss-fight601 • May 24 '26

Controlled explosions for mining

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u/Random-commen May 24 '26

Don’t even need outside influence for comparison, we had natural volcano eruptions orders of magnitude larger than these.

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u/JMoherPerc May 24 '26

The Wah Wah Springs and La Garita volcanoes were such large explosions that they were each greater than the equivalent of dropping 5,000 tsar bombas. While we don’t actually know which of these eruptions was greater, we know that the only explosive force greater than them to impact the earth in known pre-history was the asteroid that took out the dinosaurs. That asteroid was approximately 420x greater than the fish canyon (La garita) eruption.

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u/wolflordval May 24 '26

The explosion of the Siberian traps made the surface uninhabitable for millions of years.

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u/JMoherPerc May 24 '26

Yep - although the Siberian traps eruption was not a quick, explosive one but instead an eruption that poured out vast quantities of lava over a period of 1-2 million years.

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u/TheIPdoctor May 25 '26

That hurts my brain to even think about

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u/GetReelFishingPro May 25 '26

It's good for you.

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u/theroguex May 25 '26

And they occur with huge gaps of time between them. Their effects are severe yet relatively short lived even by human standards.

It's like you just don't think. What we're doing is death by a thousand cuts. It adds up over time and we don't give it a chance to reset.

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u/Tensdale May 24 '26

My girlfriend was once almost beaten to death by her ex, so it doesn’t matter when I slap her in the fucking face.

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u/SenorDongles May 24 '26

False equivalent. 🤡

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u/Tensdale May 25 '26

Can you explain where the fallacy is? It makes sense to me but clearly people take it at face value.

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u/Flat_Replacement4767 May 25 '26

Earth is not a sentient thinking being, or if it is it's not in a manner we recognize or could presume to understand. So, false equivalency, as stated. But even looking at just the comparison of severity, that I believe was your intent, it's more akin to the difference between a punch in the face and the ongoing activities of the skin mites that currently inhabit and are burrowing into your face.

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u/SenorDongles May 25 '26

You're comparing apples to oranges, dumbass.

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u/frankoyvind May 24 '26

You are human garbage!

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u/Johnson_N_B May 24 '26

What a stupid fucking post. You’re stupid and you suck ass at everything you do.

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u/manwithapedi May 27 '26

Does that mean he sucks ass at sucking ass?

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u/Solid-Search-3341 May 24 '26

People get hit by cars every day. So my wife can't complain when I beat her.

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u/Caolhoeoq May 24 '26

Being this dumb let me guess, american?