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submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 4 months ago (3 children)

If they still existed they would probably have moved into existing human-mined tunnels. Whether they'd wait until we abandoned them or chase us out, or help us build them, would depend on our relationship with them

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

"A train derailed in the tunnel due to a giant sloth sleeping on the tracks. No word of survivors at the time of recording, but officials say that they are expecting multiple fatalities including the sloth."

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

What if we domesticated them and used them to mine coal?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

that sounds like the plot of Ring of Fire