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Why we buy weird things in times of crisis

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    joplin
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    Fascinating post! I once met an archeologist in Los Angeles who said she regularly gets calls to look through 50 year old garbage mostly at construction sites where the city is expanding. She said...

    Fascinating post! I once met an archeologist in Los Angeles who said she regularly gets calls to look through 50 year old garbage mostly at construction sites where the city is expanding. She said it's almost always beer cans and girly magazines, and it's almost all worthless to an archeologist.

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    1. cfabbro
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      Even the archeologically worthless stuff is still fascinating, IMO. I watch a few metal detectorist youtubers who regularly find and dig through old garbage/bottle dumps and I love those videos....

      Even the archeologically worthless stuff is still fascinating, IMO. I watch a few metal detectorist youtubers who regularly find and dig through old garbage/bottle dumps and I love those videos. E.g. Aquachigger's bottle dump playlist And even when none of the bottles or artifacts themselves are particularly valuable, they are still interesting.

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