Valnao@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoSouth Korea’s former president Yoon Suk Yeol jailed for life for leading insurrectionwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down12
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minus-squareEryn6844@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 days agoback in the day prisoners were put in rock quarries to pick axe rocks into smaller rocks. it did nothing useful but kept them busy and not sitting in a cell.
minus-squareTheEEEdiot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoThe little rocks were used to pave early automobile roads. That’s why most state department of transportation offices are located next to jails.
minus-squareGlytch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoExactly, we call those little rocks “gravel” and gravel has many uses.
minus-squareCris@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoThats super interesting context, thanks for expanding on what they said!
minus-squareCris@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoAhh, okay thanks for filling me in
back in the day prisoners were put in rock quarries to pick axe rocks into smaller rocks. it did nothing useful but kept them busy and not sitting in a cell.
The little rocks were used to pave early automobile roads. That’s why most state department of transportation offices are located next to jails.
Exactly, we call those little rocks “gravel” and gravel has many uses.
Thats super interesting context, thanks for expanding on what they said!
Ahh, okay thanks for filling me in