#3258: Plate Flip
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[Ponytail is looking at the ground in front of her, a hand on her hip. Cueball stands behind her, to the right.]
Ponytail: These tectonic plates look pretty eroded. When did you last flip them?
Cueball: Flip them?
[Zoom out to see the ground. Ponytail walks forward, motioning at the ground. Cueball spreads his arms behind her.]
Ponytail: Yeah, to use the underside of the continent.
Cueball: ...Never?
Ponytail: Wow. Explains the eons of weathering, debris basins, and ... is this isostatic depression?
Cueball: It's rebounding!
[Ponytail stops walking and turns to Cueball.]
Ponytail: You should really flip it. You'll get a whole new landscape!
Cueball: But I like this landscape!
[Ponytail spreads her arms slightly.]
Ponytail: Just think how warm and fresh the other side will feel.
Cueball: A sea of molten rock?
Ponytail: Good for the feet. Helps exfoliate.
(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)
Title text:It's great for exfoliating your skin, bones, houses, cities, landscape, etc.