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Water mountains are my new favorite concept

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Temporary water mountains don’t count.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 42 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Not sure how permanent these are nowadays.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

The thickest ice mountain in Antarctica is almost 5km high. I believe it will last for a bit.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Bubba & Jimbo said they can roll enough coal in their lifted Ford F-950 to melt all the glaciers this weekend.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 months ago

Sounds like a plan!

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

All mountains are temporary, it's just a matter of timescale

(edit: fun fact, the Appalachian mountain range is older than trees!)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Appalachian mountains and the Scottish Highlands predate the Continental Drift, and are technically the same mountain range, they also predate sharks and bones.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Everything is temporary, in fact.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

True. We need to ask that person how long a wave needs to last before it becomes a water mountain. I'll tentatively say a year?