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I was served these in the reverse order, followed by this comment and almost lost it 😂
😬 sorry to contribute to your madness, lmao
I feel like using quartz as a gastrolith would be pretty basic, like you might as well eat those silica packets or chew on some glass if you’re going that direction. Some nice gneiss would likely be preferable, much more cultured at least.
It’s funny because homophones
There’s no way these wouldn’t be ground up after 500 million years.
Yup, OP text writer has no idea what they’re talking about. The organisms that make this sand still exist today and are still making this sand
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/okinawa-japan-star-sand
Perhaps they meant that these organisms are themselves ancient?
Probably like the sand that looks loke amazing snowflakes. The image for that one used selected granules from thousands (billions). Most sand is just ugly, and micro plastics.
Oh my god I forgot about those. I unironically loved them.
My sister in law has a case of these, just chilling in the garage. Never to be eaten.
New band Okinawa Boneyard and their thrash metal album Skeleton Beach.
Perfection. 10/10, would listen.
Edit to add: Damn, now I really want an Okinawa Boneyard band t-shirt.
I love that one - it’s on their Christmas album!
Huh… I didn’t think oyster crackers were actually ancient oysters. 🤔
Imagine walking on them barefooted.
This is truly what you were eating in this soup as a kid, WAS IT WORTH IT???
Goldfish 2: Okinawa boogaloo
Deadline, schmedline! I got your deadline right here, pal.
