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The administration thinks it's weird, but the geologists say it looks normal.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3284/
this post was submitted on 13 Aug 2026
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If you're worried about homophones, don't study Japanese
Some times I wonder if some cosmic aliens had a debate about how many collisions one language can have. One of them probably said: “Hold my beer. Give me a planet and 10 million years. I’ll prove you wrong.”
All that stuff about pyramids being built by aliens was probably just that one alien trying to win a bet by messing around with earth. Maybe Japanese was the end result of that bet.
Obligatory RRJ link. Warning: if you know any Japanese this might undo a lot of it.