# Rock

"Geologists recommend eating at least one small rock per day." --Google

Rocks and stones are natural formations of minerals that can be used to create the most primitive technology. Stone age was the first stage of our civilization, characterized by the use of stone tools. Rock nerds are called geologists.

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Rocks are pretty suckless and LRS because they are simple, they are everywhere, free and can be used in a number of ways such as:

- As a building material.
- For fun and entertainment, you can play various games with rocks: rock skipping, petanque, long throw, marble racing, even chess.
- As a weapon, even though we discourage this use.
- For making tools such as knives or hammers.
- To hold heat: you can heat stones in fire and let them heat you while you sleep or use them to cook something.
- For writing, some can be used as a chalk, some may be used to carve into, which makes rocks an extremely durable storage for both digital and analog data -- thanks to this  we have records of very old history, see also RCBD. A dust from some rocks can also be used to make dye to paint or write with.
- As weights. Rocks are pretty heavy.
- For help with counting (e.g. abacus) -- this makes rocks a kind of computer!
- To make art, decorations, small statues etc. Some rocks are beautiful just by themselves and autistic people like to collect them.
- For breaking things, cutting, grinding, sharpening etc.
- With a little advanced technology we can get metals (and potentially other material) out of rocks, extract geological knowledge from them, read records of prehistoric organisms (fossils) etc.
- Some rocks can be used to start fire.
- Some are pretty rare and can be used as a currency, even though we hate money and discourage this as well.
- You can collect them as a cool non-capitalist hobby.
- They can be shaped into many more things like bowls, plates or maybe marbles which in turn can be used e.g. in some kind of mechanical computer.
- As pets... apparently pet rocks are a thing :)
- ...

TODO: what kinds of rocks there are etc.

## See Also

- stick
- sand
- wood
- fire
- potato
- metal
- pop