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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 39 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

If they're so great, how come I use their goo to spend 4 hours a day stuck in traffic?

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 34 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

That goo, once burned is what is causing global warming.

The dinosaur's curse for not letting them rest in peace....

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Man... Imagine how fucked we would be if we burned mummies!

[–] unconsequential@slrpnk.net 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I mean people ate them so I’d say you know the answer to that…

[–] Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Bro this is stressing me out I'm gonna go snort some of granpappies mummy stash.

[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

Teriyaki flavored?

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

The goo is trees that were buried before bacteria and fungi learned to eat hydrocarbons. 0% dinosaurs.

Well, I mean, I can probably only guarantee no more than 3% dinosaur.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Whoa whoa, if my car is getting a larger percentage of incidental dinosaur from its refined petroleum products than the percentage of incidental spider legs and rat shit I myself am getting from my processed food products, I am going to be totally jealous.

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I know! And you should be. Industrial standards in the Carboniferous Period were seriously lax. All the upper management and lawyers were trilobites!

[–] Zink@programming.dev 1 points 3 weeks ago

It was a rough time back then. But a simpler time...

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 7 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Weird. I've just been shoving dinosaur bones into mine. 🤷‍♂️

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 weeks ago

Paleontologists hate this one weird trick!

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 2 points 3 weeks ago

Must be diesel. If you can get it to combust under high air pressure, a diesel will probably run off it.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Well... its mostly plant and fungus goo actually

Still.

[–] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 4 points 3 weeks ago

I hope some future species burns our liquefied matrix black corpse goop, it's what we deserve.