xkcd #3296: Fault Taunting

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One of the first things they teach you is to NEVER play with the geology toy over a mantle hotspot.

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Dadifer 8 points a month ago

Geological faults do not really form in this way, since the Earth's crust has no motivation to chase after any kind of bait.[citation needed]

Citation needed 🤣

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Rhaedas 5 points a month ago

Two things that are humbling once you know what you're looking at. One is all the stars in a very dark sky area. Two is any place where you can see the layers and layers of geologic history in the rock formations.

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nieceandtows 5 points a month ago

Can somebody explain this please?

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NeatNit 10 points a month ago

explainxkcd has an explanation now, and if that's not good enough for you, try again tomorrow.

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nieceandtows 2 points a month ago

Thank you

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Ooops 6 points a month ago

earth is a cat...

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nieceandtows 1 point a month ago

That explains all my scratches

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