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Bucky

(54,013 posts) Mon Oct 17, 2016, 11:45 AM Oct 2016

Ha ha ha!! Fuck you, Aral Sea!!

You used to be a sea, but now you're just a punk little desert!!

Here's the scoreboard: Humans - ONE, Aral Sea - NUTHIN'!!

Loser ol' sea. Who's the boss of nature NOW? Hey, Caspian Sea... who are you lookin' at?

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Ha ha ha!! Fuck you, Aral Sea!! (Original Post) Bucky Oct 2016 OP

I've been keeping track of this because of my Aral fixation Orrex Oct 2016 #1

Move along OriginalGeek Oct 2016 #2

I hope what is left behind True Dough Oct 2016 #3

Talk to Trump's buddies in the Kremlin about this jmowreader Oct 2016 #4

I see your Aral Sea and raise you a Useless Sea Kennah Oct 2016 #5

Good video. CanSocDem Oct 2016 #9

On that big island in the middle was once a Soviet bio weapons lab, and is still under quarantine. baldguy Oct 2016 #6

I have a soft spot for any body of water named in honor of the great Aral Flynn pinboy3niner Oct 2016 #7

Yes, he gave us much Aral Pleasure over the years Bucky Oct 2016 #8

Thought it was named after Aral Enhardie (n/t) Kennah Oct 2016 #10

No, he never passed his Aral exams Bucky Oct 2016 #12

I hope they're cleaning it up-- lastlib Oct 2016 #11

Orrex

(63,212 posts)

1. I've been keeping track of this because of my Aral fixation

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Mon Oct 17, 2016, 11:56 AM

Oct 2016

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)

2. Move along

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Mon Oct 17, 2016, 02:50 PM

Oct 2016

nothing to sea here.

True Dough

(17,305 posts)

3. I hope what is left behind

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Mon Oct 17, 2016, 03:40 PM

Oct 2016

is at least arable land!

jmowreader

(50,557 posts)

4. Talk to Trump's buddies in the Kremlin about this

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Mon Oct 17, 2016, 03:45 PM

Oct 2016

The Aral was fed by two rivers, which the Soviets diverted in the 1960s for irrigation purposes. They've thunk up a buncha New and Creative Ideas to try to restore the Aral, completely missing the most obvious one: Quit trying to grow cotton in the middle of the fucking desert!