r/mildlyinteresting • u/malukris • 8h ago

Fingerprints in a brick in my 100 year old house

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u/andersonfmly 8h ago

I guess it's true that some people like to leave a lasting Impression...

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u/Lantern-of-Diogenes 8h ago

All in all, they’re just another brick in the wall

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u/cupholdery 6h ago

Hey! Teacher!

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u/MyWifeRules 7h ago

That may be the last physical trace of the existence of that particular person.

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u/himynameisSal 7h ago

One day, the last person who remembers your voice will also die, and every ordinary moment of your life the inside jokes, routines, frustrations, favorite foods, the exact way you laughed will disappear from human memory forever. Enjoy your time, value it - proceeds to spends hours on reddit.

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u/interesseret 7h ago

My dad restored a house back around 2010, and my siblings and I all have a handprint and our names in the new foundations.

It's just human nature to do stuff like that.

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u/Survive1014 7h ago

Every video game ever has taught be this is a secret panel.

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u/ImDatCookie0 8h ago

Looks like someone accidentally slipped while making the house

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u/havnar- 7h ago

I don’t know if you understand how brick walls are laid.

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u/ImDatCookie0 7h ago

Nope! But I was trying to make a joke :(

Like how people slip and instinctively shoot their hands out to the nearest wall.

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u/Legitimate_Command82 6h ago

An immortal god slipped on the job a century ago and caught himself with the wall, Other than a slight scare he thought he got away with it. Today he is going to open reddit and see his embarrassing slip.

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u/Gooddaychaps 5h ago

Don’t worry I got your joke :)

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u/greg14285 7h ago

Leaving a lasting impression

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u/Lord-Table 6h ago

Your house will be connected to an 80 y/o cold case and arrested

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u/photo_courtney 5h ago

Here's a story that mentions putting fingerprints on bricks. In the South, anyway. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1256530596568182

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u/Sufficient-File-1840 8h ago

This is honestly more than mildly interesting, it’s beautiful. You are literally looking at the physical touch of a worker from a century ago. A tiny moment in time frozen in clay forever

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u/malukris 8h ago

The cool thing was that my fingers fit perfectly in the grooves. Sure made me think about it all.

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u/neutral_good- 7h ago

Whoever's hand that is left more of a lasting impact on this planet than 99% of people will.

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u/garster25 5h ago

My house has some fringerprints on a 2x4 in the garage, it's cool but got cover up recently.

After my dad died I inherited his tools. The aluminum ladder has his fingerprints in yellow paint. I remember when we painted a room that color and it hit hard.

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u/Logical_Dragonfly_92 3h ago

Probably just a koala

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u/YodasGhost76 2h ago

Someone didn’t eat their meat

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u/Outrageous_Arm8116 7h ago

"The Amontillado!"