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South Korea’s former president Yoon Suk Yeol jailed for life for leading insurrection
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Valnao sh.itjust.works Valnao@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-02-13
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Link: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/19/yoon-suk-yeol-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-leading-insurrection-in-south-korea
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betterdeadthanreddit lemmy.world betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-06
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That's how it's done. Make those big rocks into little rocks.
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Cris lemmy.world Cris_Color@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-06
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betterdeadthanreddit wrote:
That's how it's done. Make those big rocks into little rocks.

What does make big rocks into little rocks mean?
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Eryn6844 piefed.blahaj.zone Eryn6844@piefed.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-11-30
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Cris wrote:
What does make big rocks into little rocks mean?

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.
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TheEEEdiot sh.itjust.works TheEEEdiot@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-14
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Eryn6844 wrote:
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.
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Glytch lemmy.world Glytch@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-01-31
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TheEEEdiot wrote:
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.
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Cris lemmy.world Cris_Color@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-06
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TheEEEdiot wrote:
The little rocks were used to pave early automobile roads. That's why most state department of transportation offices are located next to jails.

Thats super interesting context, thanks for expanding on what they said!
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Cris lemmy.world Cris_Color@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-06
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Eryn6844 wrote:
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.

Ahh, okay thanks for filling me in
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