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Two Reddit comments, the second a reply to the first.
Copper is so recyclable that stuff that was mined pre BC is being used today.
So what you’re telling me is that when the copper head in my old 78 Volvo cracked when it blew the head gasket it was actually Ea-nāṣir’s fault again? That son of a bitch.
Then a picture of a man pleading, with the caption
He can’t keep getting away with it!
I mean, being an element, why wouldn’t it be? Isn’t exactly going to decompose or decay
Unlike iron, which oxidizes and flakes off to dust, possibly never to be mined again if it washes out to sea and sinks to the ocean floor
Copper’s patina is oxidation and can flake off. It’s what makes the statue of Liberty green.
Purity and difficulty/cost in getting out recycling impurities vs raw ore impurities.
I think the mind bend is the idea that the copper you’re holding might have been unearthed thousands of years ago and processed for different usage many times over.