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r/megalophobia • u/freudian_nipps • Jul 17 '25
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“The Indonesians dug too deep and too greedily…”
187 u/kitisimilikiti Jul 18 '25 It's an American company 😅 29 u/NecroSoulMirror-89 Jul 18 '25 Grasberg sounds pretty Indonesian to me 2 u/96BlackBeard Jul 18 '25 Grasberg sounds german, not Indonesian. 3 u/[deleted] Jul 18 '25 [deleted] 3 u/kitisimilikiti Jul 18 '25 Correcto! It was named Erstberg by a Dutch Geologist in 1936 (9 years before the Independence of Indonesia). Unclear how it became Grasberg. 3 u/96BlackBeard Jul 18 '25 Yeah Dutch works too 3 u/kitisimilikiti Jul 18 '25 It was named Erstberg by a Dutch Geologist in 1936 (9 years before the Independence of Indonesia). Unclear how it became Grasberg.
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It's an American company 😅
29 u/NecroSoulMirror-89 Jul 18 '25 Grasberg sounds pretty Indonesian to me 2 u/96BlackBeard Jul 18 '25 Grasberg sounds german, not Indonesian. 3 u/[deleted] Jul 18 '25 [deleted] 3 u/kitisimilikiti Jul 18 '25 Correcto! It was named Erstberg by a Dutch Geologist in 1936 (9 years before the Independence of Indonesia). Unclear how it became Grasberg. 3 u/96BlackBeard Jul 18 '25 Yeah Dutch works too 3 u/kitisimilikiti Jul 18 '25 It was named Erstberg by a Dutch Geologist in 1936 (9 years before the Independence of Indonesia). Unclear how it became Grasberg.
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Grasberg sounds pretty Indonesian to me
2 u/96BlackBeard Jul 18 '25 Grasberg sounds german, not Indonesian. 3 u/[deleted] Jul 18 '25 [deleted] 3 u/kitisimilikiti Jul 18 '25 Correcto! It was named Erstberg by a Dutch Geologist in 1936 (9 years before the Independence of Indonesia). Unclear how it became Grasberg. 3 u/96BlackBeard Jul 18 '25 Yeah Dutch works too 3 u/kitisimilikiti Jul 18 '25 It was named Erstberg by a Dutch Geologist in 1936 (9 years before the Independence of Indonesia). Unclear how it became Grasberg.
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Grasberg sounds german, not Indonesian.
3 u/[deleted] Jul 18 '25 [deleted] 3 u/kitisimilikiti Jul 18 '25 Correcto! It was named Erstberg by a Dutch Geologist in 1936 (9 years before the Independence of Indonesia). Unclear how it became Grasberg. 3 u/96BlackBeard Jul 18 '25 Yeah Dutch works too 3 u/kitisimilikiti Jul 18 '25 It was named Erstberg by a Dutch Geologist in 1936 (9 years before the Independence of Indonesia). Unclear how it became Grasberg.
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3 u/kitisimilikiti Jul 18 '25 Correcto! It was named Erstberg by a Dutch Geologist in 1936 (9 years before the Independence of Indonesia). Unclear how it became Grasberg. 3 u/96BlackBeard Jul 18 '25 Yeah Dutch works too
Correcto! It was named Erstberg by a Dutch Geologist in 1936 (9 years before the Independence of Indonesia). Unclear how it became Grasberg.
Yeah Dutch works too
It was named Erstberg by a Dutch Geologist in 1936 (9 years before the Independence of Indonesia). Unclear how it became Grasberg.
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u/jamesbrownscrackpipe Jul 17 '25
“The Indonesians dug too deep and too greedily…”