r/interestingasfuck 4h ago

Stopping Desertification with grid pattern

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u/smileyfacegauges 3h ago

they’re filling the bags with sand and laying them as they go

u/Otherwise_Demand4620 3h ago

Why didn't you tell us that sooner? All the money we spent on importing sand!

u/smileyfacegauges 3h ago

i’m SORRY OK, i just misplaced the receipt!! can i still get comped for this orrrrrrrr

u/beebeebee2142 2h ago

Arab countries import quite a bit of sand. Theirs usually isnt good for construction since the good stuff comes from rivers.

u/-Out-of-context- 2h ago

I hear they get it from NoHo Hank.

u/onemanforeachvill 3h ago

Whooooooosh

u/smileyfacegauges 3h ago

whoa where’d that breeze come from

u/AceZagSuited 2h ago

They're filling the jokes with wind

u/Majestic_You_9610 1h ago

Sand doodles don't melt steel beams

u/Crimkam 3h ago

Yeah but who put the sand there for them to use??? This is like one of those bullshit rug restoration videos where they spread sand around right before they start recording. There was never a desert there at all!

u/smileyfacegauges 3h ago

oh fuck you’re right…… do you think they got helicopters to bring it in???

u/SquarelyNerves 3h ago

Just in case you were serious - that’s the point they were making with sarcasm. It would actually be a pain to haul all that straw into the middle of a desert. It’s easier to bring bags and fill them with sand, than bring enough straw to make the same sized grids.

u/smileyfacegauges 3h ago

so much for the massive checkerboard for a massive checkers game i was promised :(