tal@lemmy.today to EuropeEnglish · 1 day agoStudents Stumble Upon a Message in a Bottle Written by a French Archaeologist 200 Years Agowww.smithsonianmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down12
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minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·edit-221 hours agoEvery time I read news of people finding old messages in bottles I find it fascinating. But then at the same time I wonder how many people it prompts to dump their own bottles into the sea (i.e. littering) anytime one of these headlines blow up
minus-squareMatch!!@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agobut if i write my message on plastic it’ll last forever
minus-squareElchilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 hours agothe plastic will last “forever” but your message will quickly crumble away like dust plastic in the wind
Every time I read news of people finding old messages in bottles I find it fascinating.
But then at the same time I wonder how many people it prompts to dump their own bottles into the sea (i.e. littering) anytime one of these headlines blow up
Glasbottles are fine and just fancy rocks.
but if i write my message on plastic it’ll last forever
the plastic will last “forever” but your message will quickly crumble away like
dustplastic in the wind