If you pause for a moment and look around, you’ll see the signs of life long-lived everywhere. From faded wooden floors to sofa marks, and your beloved doggo’s face, things are constantly changing and surrendering to time.
Call it getting worn down, aging, or acquiring a story to tell, you cannot escape the passage of time. So Bored Panda has compiled a collection full of the most intriguing and incredible examples of things being marked by time, whether it’s the wear and tear of gravity, friction, or repeated use. It’s beautiful how philosophical we get when looking at things from such an existential perspective!
Psst! More incredible things that got worn out with time can be found in our previous posts here, here, and here.
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My Great Grandfather's British Army Issue Pocket Watch Along With The German Bullet That It Stopped In France 1914
One Of The Oldest āBeware Of The Dogā Signs In The World, Found In Pompeii Ruins, Italy
The naming of The Canary Islands comes from the Latin for dog, as the Romans used the dogs from there to hunt with. So the islands were known as Isla Canaris. The bird was then named after the Island.
This Sculpture Of Jesus At Abandoned Cemetery In Poland Gets Slowly Absorbed By A Tree. Pictures Taken 12 Years In Between
I sometimes get lost in the speculation of what they will find hundreds of year from now of our society
If this tree is never felled, than no one in the future will ever know. But if one day someone takes down that tree and tries to cut it up, they will get a (hopefully not painful) surprise
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I find it oddly beautiful. It makes me think of the Green Man/Woman (sometimes referred to as "Jack in Green", a pagan symbol/deity found throughout the mythologies of England, Ireland, Wales, and Scotland. They are often associated with fertility, rebirth, nature and their likeness appears on many old churches and castles as the face of an ageless man or woman with leaves and vines twisting around their features.
That in the picture is a statue, made by human hands. Jesus is God.
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I am the vine. You are the branches. I could go on and on here. This is cool
This is so creepy. I'd love to be there in 50 years when the tree dies or has to be cut down and the people find this. They will run screaming with their hands over their heads.
And in another 25 years when the statue is completely absorbed and forgotten some poor sod gets the order chop that tree down....
At some point Jesus's head is just gonna be sticking out from the tree, then just his eyes...
The natural world covering up the fictional. Maybe the tree is getting revenge for the fig tree jesus smited.
The phenomenon of wear and tear reflects the second law of thermodynamics, in which objects stray from their original form and function over time unless energy from an external force is used to maintain them. If restoration is impossible, an object is regarded as consumable.
But not all goods get worn out with time. For example, automobiles, heavy machinery, mainframe computers, musical instruments, and water heaters are all designed with wear parts that are maintained generally by replacement of parts.
The Walls In This Old Coffeehouse Have Shadows Where People Used To Sit
Stairs On The Great Wall Of China. How Many People Do You Think Have Walked On Them?
Berlin Wall: Graffiti Spray Paint Layers On A Broken Piece
seems like people have expressed themselves quite vehemently over the years
One way to determine if a good is durable or not is whether a service technician or repairman would typically attempt repairs on it. A specialist may need to be consulted, such as an auto mechanic, a computer technician, a luthier, a gunsmith, or a plumber.
But not only goods get worn out with time. Time leaves marks on living beings too, from animals to human beings. At the same time, it makes us more self-confident, empathic, and wise, and the signs of aging come at that price.
Planting 90,000ish Trees Take A Few Inches Of A Shovel
I planted 4,000 by hand... I need to check my shovel, or is it a hoe now?
This Piece Of Wall That Got Rounded By The Sea
100 Years Ago Someone Lost Their Coin Purse
Found in the woods of Southwestern Vermont with my metal detector:
1899 Barber Dime;
1897 Indian Head Cent;
1904 Indian Head Cent.
A Cemetery Of Telephone Booths In The UK
Cubic Crystals Growing In Old Play-Doh
This Truck In A Tree I Found While Driving Through The Woods
Can Someone Give Me A Jump Start? Haven't Driven This Thing In A While
Years Of Boops Have Taken Their Toll On Oden's Nose
The sun darkens a dogs nose. It's much more obvious if you live in a climate with Winter (nose becomes lighter over Winter). Darkest at the end of summer.
My Dogs' Nerf Frisbee. Still Their Favorite
My Rotting Goomba Pumpkin Looks More Like Goomba Now Than It Did When It Was Freshly Carved
My Grandfather's Liberty Dollar He Carried For 50+ Years Because "A Man's Always Gotta Have A Dollar In His Pocket"
Took a few attempts to get it, but you can still make out Lady Liberty.
A Road On My Work Commute Is Eroding And Starting To Expose The Old Cobblestone Street. London
Mom Surprised Me With The Brand New Version Of My 27-Year-Old Childhood Stuffed Animal
My Mask Filters After One Day Firefighting
This Display In Ashmolean Museum Shows How Touching Artwork Affects Material
it's sad how we have to relegate things to storerooms simply coz we cannot keep our hands off stuff
Tree Consuming Children... Sign
My ID Left An Impression Of My ID Pic On My Badge Holder
The Border Of My Tattoo Turned Into A Stretch Mark During My First Pregnancy, Now It Looks 3D
A Coin Taped In My Father's Baby Book Stayed Clean Under The Tape Only
This Old Color Pencil Box After Termites Ate All The Wood
This Deteriorating Combination Lock I Found At The Beach
Leaf Has Been Sitting On A Fountain For A Long Time
I'm A Mailman And I Walk Around 11 Miles A Day. My Old Boots Are From Mid March
This Old Copper Crayon Turned Green
They must have put real copper in it. I wonder if they still do that today?
Burned Out Microwave Bulb Left This Smoke Pattern Inside
The Way This Tree Grew Over The Railing
"Biodegradable" Cups That Were Buried In A Composter For 15 Years. Everything Else Turned To Dirt Except These
Holes Worn Into A Tree By Shaolin Monks Over Centuries Of Pressing Their Fingers Into The Bark To Train Their Finger Strength
They Served Me Well For 6 Years But It Was Time. $220 Plus A $60 Resole A Couple Years Ago From The Local Cobbler. Looking Forward To Another 6 Years
Iāve blown through $200+ Red Wings and Timberlands in months but these never failed me (the holes happened a few months ago).
This Perfect Semicircular Mark In The Garden Is Made By A Dog That Has Followed This Path For Years
An Old Well In A Village In Permet. It Must Have Taken A Long Time For The Grooves To Appear
My Sister Has Kept The Same Koosh Ball Chain On Her Keys Since The Early 90s. What It Is Meant To Look Like vs. What It Actually Looks Like Now
When 900 Years Old You Reach, Look As Good You Will Not
Years Of Paint Build Up I Chipped Of An Old Trestle At Work
This Tree Growing Through An Old Truck
My Grandpaās Old Hammer
An Office Computer Mouse That's Been Clicked To A Mirror Finish
Over The Years Shaggy Has Slowly Turned Grey On My Scooby-Doo Mug
Knife At My Work That's Halfway Gone From Sharpening
Skateboard Wheels
David Blaineās Hands After Spending 7 Days Underwater
Ewww, curious to know why he stayed under water for 7 days. Google here I come.
A Vending Machine That Time Forgot
Oman Clay Tile With Footprint Left By A Toddler As It Dried 2000 Years Ago, Vaison-La-Romaine (Ancient Vasio Vocontiorum)
does anyone else think it would be cool to find some viable DNA and trace their progeny?
These Bendy Trees I Saw On My Walk This Afternoon
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Interesting, time-worn-down things that tell good stories? You literally described grandparents.
When we do shows at my school, we always end up using this old bar set that was built in like 2013. We repaint it for almost every show and by this point we might need to scrape off some paint layers or it'll be to heavy to carry onstage
You say 2013 like it was so long ago š jk, Iām sure that was like half your lifetime ago
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Next time you feel old, just think of how well your body actually DOES hold up.
And keep moving, you don't want a tree to eat you.7
Load More Replies... Interesting, time-worn-down things that tell good stories? You literally described grandparents.
When we do shows at my school, we always end up using this old bar set that was built in like 2013. We repaint it for almost every show and by this point we might need to scrape off some paint layers or it'll be to heavy to carry onstage
You say 2013 like it was so long ago š jk, Iām sure that was like half your lifetime ago
Load More Replies... Next time you feel old, just think of how well your body actually DOES hold up.
And keep moving, you don't want a tree to eat you.7
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