30 Worn Down Items That Show the Power of Time
Nathan Johnson
Published
08/19/2022
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ftw
Everything ultimately loses the battle against time.
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“Knife At My Work That Is Halfway Gone From Sharpening” -
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“Just Found An Old Roll Of Biodegradable Poop Bags, They Really Do Disintegrate Like Advertised” -
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“Old Gold/Copper Crayola Crayons That Turned Green From Oxidation” -
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“30 Years Ago, My Grandfather Encased This Meatball In Epoxy” -
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“My Parents Got This Spray Bottle Of Windex In 1979 And Have Been Reusing It Ever Since” -
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“I Found This Leaf With Only It’s ‘Veins’ Remaining” -
8.
“You Can Tell Where People Tend To Line Up At This Brooklyn Hardware Store By Where The Linoleum Tile Has Been Worn Away To Reveal The Original Ceramic” -
9.
“I Went Into The Office For The First Time Since March 2020 And Found The Kiwi I Left In My Desk” -
10.
“This Tree Eating A Postbox” -
11.
“This Brick Wall Got Smoothed Into A Rock” -
12.
“I Accidentally Left My Iron Man Canvas Out In The Rain And Inadvertently Improved The Original Design” -
13.
“A Seesaw (Teeter-Totter) In My Local Playground Where Thousands Of Little Feet Have Worn Through The Asphalt” -
14.
“Bathrooms At My Engineering University” -
15.
“The One And Only Basketball That Lives At The Local Park And Somehow Still Bounces” -
16.
“About Time I Bought Some New Work Boots” -
17.
“This Jack O Lantern With Mold Growing From Inside” -
18.
“Nature Swallows A Car In Hawaii” -
19.
“My Nana Has Been Using The Same Deck Of Cards For 10 Years And They’ve All Grooved To Her Hand Placement During Shuffling” -
20.
“The Knife At The Left Was Used By A Butcher For 5 Years Straight. The One At The Right Is The Exact Same Knife, But Brand New” -
21.
“Found Some Change That Had Been In The Brushes In The Clothes Dryer” -
22.
“1,800-Year-Old Roman Leather Sandals On Display At Vindolanda Fort In Northumberland, England” -
23.
“This Sun-Worn Sign Outside My Office That Looks Like It Belongs In A Horror Film” -
24.
“The Wear And Scuff-Marks On This Boat Look Like An Island In The Sea” -
25.
“60-Year-Old Unopened Pepsi Bottle” -
26.
“Faded Sign From The ‘War On Drugs’ Era” -
27.
“Exact Center Seat, 3rd Row From The Back Of The Theater Gets A Lot Of Use” -
28.
“Years Of A Lock Grinding On A Brick” -
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“This Whiteboard Eraser Has Definitely Seen More Than Its Fair Share Of Use” -
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“This Is The Same Doll, One After 32 Years Of Love, The Other Still Pristine”
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