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All these asteroids makes one feel like a merchant in the 1600s: if only they could have the tons of pepper, cardamom, ginger, and so forth. Nowadays you throw
by ly3xqhl8g9 4y ago
All these asteroids makes one feel like a merchant in the 1600s: if only they could have the tons of pepper, cardamom, ginger, and so forth. Nowadays you throw away spices because "they smell fishy, maybe they went bad". Perhaps by the 2400s they will laugh at the idea that gold was ever considered "precious".
- rwmj 4y agoI hope so because it's both cool and useful. (If you've ever held any substantial quantity of gold you were probably surprised at just how heavy / dense it is.)
- joshspankit 4y agoIt wasn’t a crowd-winner, but I particularly enjoyed that episode of The Twilight Zone
- ly3xqhl8g9 4y agoYou are referring to The Rip Van Winkle Caper [1] episode (S2E24). Gold, like gold, but that car design certainly was something else [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rip_Van_Winkle_Caper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rip_Van_Winkle_Caper [2] at 1:26, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj5Dfd0U0E8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj5Dfd0U0E8, from Wikipedia: "The futuristic car carrying the couple who find the dying Farwell is a leftover prop, somewhat modified, from MGM's 1956 film Forbidden Planet{[3]}.[citation needed]" [3] Forbidden Planet, also one of the greats, in the 23rd century, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049223/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049223/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
- joshspankit 4y agoYes that one exactly. To anyone who’s interested in this comment thread: check out the episode.