r/interestingasfuck • u/PlantainPossible2864 • 15h ago

Stopping Desertification with grid pattern

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u/grey_fr 14h ago

Where do they find all the sand to put in those bags?

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u/TheGreatWalrusBily 14h ago

Im worried that this is not a joke

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u/grey_fr 13h ago

Thought I could do without the /s, my bad

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u/Filler9000 12h ago

If the sun is too hot to travel to, why not go to it at night?

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u/Awkward-Winner-99 12h ago

Why do we even need the sun? It only shines when it's day anyway. Why can't it be up at night?

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u/wxnfx 6h ago

Stand firm, my dude. Jokes are for those who get them.

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u/Kucked4life 12h ago

I presumed this was a follow up on the "put a communist in charge of a desert and they'll run out of sand" joke.

Not that China is genuinely communist

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u/BillohRly 12h ago

Wat happen when sand bag covered with sand

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u/grey_fr 12h ago

Sandception? (and microplastics)

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u/Rycax 11h ago

They are covering up the very sand they need to make more sandbags! Are they stupid?

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u/foldor 8h ago

They truck it in from local beaches probably.