• Cris
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    3 days ago

    What does make big rocks into little rocks mean?

    • Eryn6844@piefed.blahaj.zone
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      3 days ago

      back in the day prisoners were put in rock quarries to pick axe rocks into smaller rocks. it did nothing useful but kept them busy and not sitting in a cell.

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        2 days ago

        The little rocks were used to pave early automobile roads. That’s why most state department of transportation offices are located next to jails.

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          2 days ago

          Exactly, we call those little rocks “gravel” and gravel has many uses.

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          2 days ago

          Thats super interesting context, thanks for expanding on what they said!

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        2 days ago

        Ahh, okay thanks for filling me in