Side Of The Road

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These little center islands always make me wonder when the last time a human stepped on that piece of land (i.imgur.com)

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Pull over on the side of the road between towns and walk 50m off the road and there's a good chance that you're the first person to stand there in a century, if not a millennium or ever.

You don't understand how long a century / millennium is. People pull off the road to pee all the time, plus people were obviously there when the road was built. Add in hikers and stranded motorists and I bet every piece of ground near that highway has had a person step on it (except for something on the side of a mountain or something).

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago (2 children)

No, you don't understand how big and isolated some parts of the world are.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

and you don't need to go 50m off the road to pee.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Anyone who’s ever driven through Western Australia would absolutely agree with you. That whole state is like another planet dotted with a few towns here and there. WA is literally the size of one-third of the entire contiguous United States and has the population of <1% of the contiguous United States - it’s mostly barren desert and beautiful coastline.