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Photo: Maarten Inghels

Years ago, I found this cobblestone on the street in Brussels with the golden inscription “I USED TO BE A MOUNTAIN.” Like a speech bubble rising from a choked rock. After all these years, I still haven’t been able to find out who made it—there’s no record of it anywhere as a listed artwork. I see it now as a poetic intervention by an anonymous city dweller.

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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 33 points 3 days ago (3 children)

The complex atoms that make up you and me were born out of the hearts of exploding dying stars billions of years ago. Those atoms drifted, floated and danced across the universe, onto our planet where they were again moved, mixed and rearranged to make this walking talking meat skeleton powered by electricity.

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

We are all stardust

[–] oce@jlai.lu 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Orchestrated by electrical messages but I think powered by ATP.

[–] Ferk@programming.dev 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

ATP (and any molecule, really) is just a particular configuration of electrical particles that use electromagnetism to hold together some mass.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 5 points 2 days ago

I guess if you include the electrostatic interaction in the "powered by electricity" above and not just the common meaning of electricity which is electric current.

[–] IndigoLarry@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Yeah, they lost me at electricity. I think this is a copypasta.

[–] Ferk@programming.dev 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Much of the water you and me drink, used to be pee and fecal sludge.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

... of DINOSAURS! :O

[–] naeap@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 days ago

That's why Gatorade is much better!