this post was submitted on 13 Jan 2026
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[–] Thunderbird4@lemmy.world 37 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

This one looks cool, and I think that’s its biggest problem. It’s clearly a massive, man-made structure with no obvious purpose, yet with striking visual impact. To the hypothetical future civilization that is unaware of the dangerous nuclear waste, it basically begs to be investigated.

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 9 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

man-made structure with no obvious purpose

Probably something religious.

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah because desecrating religious sanctuaries has stopped humanity thus wait

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Oh, I meant it more in the sense how archeologists/historians often say something was used for some religious or ritual purposes when they can't come up with a better explanation. See for example Stonehenge or roman dodecahedrons. There was also the idea for an atomic priesthood which would be charged with keeping the knowledge about nuclear waste sites.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

His Glow will spread!