Just Ordinary Rocks

Commenters skeptically dismiss the featured item or phenomenon as merely ordinary rocks or stone, comparing it to mundane materials like dirt or sand and questioning its novelty or impressiveness.

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US CO2 NB wikipedia.org IIRC rocks stone stones rock sand space dirt geothermal mineral boulder

Sample Comments

tastyfreeze • Jul 1, 2025 • View on HN

It is stone. So whatever you do with stone.

nthcolumn • Mar 20, 2017 • View on HN

Yeow. Only good for rocks then.

Luc • Feb 18, 2018 • View on HN

Hard to get a sense of scale from some rocks...

ako • Mar 24, 2024 • View on HN

The link includes some pictures and a video, there it looks like paper, not stone.

lutorm • Apr 18, 2012 • View on HN

It's a rock. Just drop it in chunks of suitable size.

sidewndr46 • May 9, 2022 • View on HN

Wouldn't dirt, sand, or rocks work just fine?

jldugger • Dec 11, 2023 • View on HN

Is this any different than the sailing stones of death valley?

passwordoops • Oct 7, 2024 • View on HN

Not all rocks (at least using human strength)

PaulDavisThe1st • Dec 21, 2021 • View on HN

or rock ... or dirt ... or glass ...

platz • Jun 6, 2015 • View on HN

Yeah, that would take some stones for sure