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Obsessed with the past

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Subject: Obsessed with the past
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by: Stefan Ram - Sat, 13 Apr 2024 08:48 UTC

Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> wrote or quoted:
|He doesn’t appear to be active anymore, not a great use of your time to obsess
|about him.

The enduring popularity of dinosaurs shows that the fact
that they are no longer active is no reason to stop being
the subject of someone's obsession.

People are often obsessed with the past. I have chosen two
songs to illustrate this. Both songs express a desire to
bring something from the past back to life.

"Ghost Dance" has a more spiritual, mystical connotation
and deals with reincarnation. In contrast, "Under a Violet
Moon" has a more nostalgic, celebratory tone and deals with
returning to a familiar and cherished time.

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by: HenHanna - Tue, 16 Apr 2024 19:50 UTC

Stefan Ram wrote:

> Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> wrote or quoted:
> |He doesn’t appear to be active anymore, not a great use of your time to obsess
> |about him.

> The enduring popularity of dinosaurs shows that the fact
> that they are no longer active is no reason to stop being
> the subject of someone's obsession.

> People are often obsessed with the past. I have chosen two
> songs to illustrate this. Both songs express a desire to
> bring something from the past back to life.

> "Ghost Dance" has a more spiritual, mystical connotation
> and deals with reincarnation. In contrast, "Under a Violet
> Moon" has a more nostalgic, celebratory tone and deals with
> returning to a familiar and cherished time.

iirc...... scientists still don't know

if some dinosaurs had furs, their body temperature, ..........

Dinosaurs did lay eggs, but surprisingly, the size of the dinosaur didn't necessarily correspond to the size of the egg.

Big Eggs, But Not Huge: The biggest dinosaur eggs ever found were around 2 feet in diameter,
which is impressive by our standards (think ostrich egg size).

However, this pales in comparison to the massive size of some dinosaurs.

Small Eggs, Big Growth Spurts:

For example, giant sauropods like Brachiosaurus hatched from eggs
roughly the size of a grapefruit!

These dinosaurs relied on incredible growth spurts to reach their enormous adult size.

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Obsessed with the past	Stefan Ram
Re: Obsessed with the past	HenHanna