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Two Reddit comments, the second a reply to the first.
Copper is so recyclable that stuff that was mined pre BC is being used today.
So what you’re telling me is that when the copper head in my old 78 Volvo cracked when it blew the head gasket it was actually Ea-nāṣir’s fault again? That son of a bitch.
Then a picture of a man pleading, with the caption
He can’t keep getting away with it!
Explanation: Ea-nāṣir is a copper trader mentioned in the “complaint tablet to Ea-nāṣir” (UET V 81), written around 1750 BCE. It is sometimes said to be “the oldest known customer complaint”.
Also Ea-nasir was probably keeping them around for legal reasons. Like saving a letter or text in case some uppity fuck takes you to court, also the guy who wrote the most famous tablet owed Ea-nasir money.
Customer complaints prior to that were in club form.
I mean, being an element, why wouldn’t it be? Isn’t exactly going to decompose or decay
Unlike iron, which oxidizes and flakes off to dust, possibly never to be mined again if it washes out to sea and sinks to the ocean floor
Unlike iron, which oxidizes and flakes off to dust
Copper’s patina is oxidation and can flake off. It’s what makes the statue of Liberty green.
Purity and difficulty/cost in getting out recycling impurities vs raw ore impurities.
I think the mind bend is the idea that the copper you’re holding might have been unearthed thousands of years ago and processed for different usage many times over.
Metal is the best stuff to recycle. Glass takes a lot of energy to melt into new shapes, so if possible, it’s better to reuse it as is. Paper products are OK. Anything plastic is somewhere between bad and no.
Pre BC? So like prehistoric copper???
Some think we are using copper that is so old it’s from even before the pre-BC times.
from even before the pre-BC times
Uh, isn’t all of time the pre-BC times? How could you be before that?
Are you referring to the pre-before-pre-BC times? The post-BC times do not count as before that so not all of time is pre-BC.
But ultimately yes, that was the joke I was making.
There are thousands of years that happened before Christ that are part of history, or in other words, writing was in use for thousands of years before Christ.
Also, not sure what’s so surprising about figuring out metallurgy before using writing.
Pre BC? How far back is that? Once we get to millions I guess BC/AD is a rounding error. Fucking dinosaur mines.
