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[-] adj16@lemmy.world 87 points 1 year ago

I know this is just a meme, but I’ll share something I recently learned since I find it fascinating.

The oceans started out as freshwater! Water evaporated from them, rained down as freshwater and formed into rivers and streams, and the process of flowing picked up trace amounts of salt from the ground and riverbeds. These rivers eventually dumped their ever-so-slightly salty water into the ocean. Then, the tiny tiny tiny bit salty ocean evaporated some pure water out, leaving less water - meaning the remaining water just got a little bit saltier in comparison. This process repeated for millions of years and those tiny increments resulted in the very salty oceans we have now.

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 81 points 1 year ago

Sounds like in the future, people (or whatever intelligent life form is around then) will be like, "did you know the Earth didn't always have a microplastic ocean?"

I, for one, welcome our new microplastic overlords.

[-] devfuuu@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago

So god created a few lakes with drinkable water but he didn't understanding enough about physics to know it would become salty. Got it.

[-] broguy89@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

Saltwater fish seem to drink it just fine. God just "loves" humans enough to not make it fit for our consumption.

[-] affiliate@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

we should’ve spent a little more time in the ocean all those years ago

[-] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Freshwater oceans didn't playtest well in alpha

[-] adj16@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Exactly! I almost said something to that effect but decided my comment was getting a little long. God just left figuring out science to all these nerds he created 😂

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago
[-] affiliate@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

that makes sense, it does have a rather salty taste

[-] original_reader@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago
[-] Carnelian@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago

45 million billion tonnes of salt.

Reminds me of when my roommate got really into league of legends

You must have been playing during off hours to get that little salt.

Pretty sure I've seen more on Waifu War threads back on /r/anime lol.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Reminds me of my days mining in EvE

[-] zifnab25@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/what-would-happen-if-all-the-salt-in-the-oceans-suddenly-disappeared

I hate these takes, because they always open with "What would happen if a large volume of matter vanish?!" And yes, removing anything on the scale of "All the salt in all the oceans instantaneously" would be catastrophic entirely on the grounds that any instant movement of enormous mass is going to destabilize natural systems.

But the question that people are looking to answer is "What would the world look like if the Atlantic was a bigger version of Lake Michigan?" Not "what would hitting the oceans with a Star Trek teleporter do?"

https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/50834/what-if-the-oceans-salt-level-decreased-by-50

Kinda grazes at the edges of this, but doesn't really seek to distinguish what a fully-desalinated ocean system would look like relative to a salty one. It just describes a transitional period in which freshwater life migrates out to the ocean. But it doesn't discuss what a deep-sea fresh water world would look like.

Also, the "eventually the sea would re-salinate" gets us to a more fundamental question "Why is the sea salty to begin with?" And that gives us insight into where salts come from and why they are fundamental to the ocean ecosystem.

[-] OpenStars@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

God creates Man.

Man creates... Unity.

Oops.

[-] zifnab25@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

pog-fish "Skills Issue"

[-] turbonewbe@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

The trickster.

[-] Hotrod_Jesus@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago
[-] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

What kind of car does hotrod Jesus drive?

[-] PlainsKeeper316@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago
[-] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago
[-] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

How I do make your profile gif stop looping

[-] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

That’s the neat part, you don’t!

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Use Sync. I don't see profile pics or gifs. Didn't even know the latter was a thing

[-] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I didn't either. Using Kbin on desktop

[-] original_ish_name@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

It's quite easy: use a userscript to replace the gif pfp with a static pfp

[-] Hotrod_Jesus@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Yes, among many others.

[-] pirat@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[-] Hotrod_Jesus@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

All of them. I've replaced my skills with the hammer with those of the monkeywrench. There is no vehicle known to man or god I can't trick out.

Side note - I see your check engine light is on. You may need a tune-up. Bring it on by the garage @13thFloor and we'll see about a valve and soul lube job.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ok, but can you pull a Lazarus on pre-GM SAAB? Please?

[-] Hotrod_Jesus@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago
[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's an interesting SAAB. Looks like a 70s era. I was thinking more like my old 86 SPG

[-] Hotrod_Jesus@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Ahh, so something like this is more your speed (don't like to mod the bodies on those babies, handling is perfect as-is). Incredible cars to drive, but finding the right engine parts can be an adventure unto itself.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, though I would lose the rear window grille.

Parts can be an issue, but I'm hoping that the metal 3D printers can help there, soon.

[-] pirat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Betlehummer?

[-] pirat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

None, just motocross

[-] TheObserver@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

Humans: aight bet creates way to remove salt from the water checkmate.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Humans: Straps a thruster to a few comets to "deal with global warming"

Edit: why is text between angle brackets just deleting itself?

[-] tagirijus@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

Is it by chance or intended that god looks like Dicaprio?

Dicaprio Meme

[-] thorbot@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

How could it be chance he’s literally right there my dude

[-] chooglers@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

god works in mysterious ways

[-] original_ish_name@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Humans need salt to survive

[-] tslnox@reddthat.com 4 points 1 year ago

Fun fact: demons and ghosts can't go on vacation to the sea.

[-] wax@lemmy.wtf 3 points 1 year ago

Looks like Benicio Del Toro with a fake beard

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