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JCMach1

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10. Nature always wins. I remember going from and outing in ski Dubai

Reply to cbabe (Original post)

Thu Jul 24, 2025, 04:03 PM

Jul 24

(i lived and worked there at the time) with my kids and going from 23F to 120+F in the space of about 5 minutes.

It felt like someone had punched me in the chest hard with an open fist. Bodies are really not designed to do that.

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I travelled the globe to document how humans became addicted to faking the natural world. Here's what I found [View all] cbabe Jul 24 OP

K&R Solly Mack Jul 24 #1

Every human activity, right back to the invention of fire, was an attempt by human beings to harness the power of the Aristus Jul 24 #2

I think the author's premise is more subtle than cbabe Jul 24 #4

The Dome thing is creepy peggysue2 Jul 24 #7

The natural world is brutal Kaleva Jul 24 #3

The living world is also beautiful. It may feel cbabe Jul 24 #5

The natural world is absolutely brutal peggysue2 Jul 24 #8

This brings to mind a camping trip I took with a non camper. He said in disbelief: cbabe Jul 24 #9

LOL! peggysue2 Jul 24 #11

It's the humans! OC375 Jul 24 #6

Nature always wins. I remember going from and outing in ski Dubai JCMach1 Jul 24 #10