• luciole (he/him)@beehaw.org
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    OK but it’s pretty cool that the moon is just far enough and just the right size relative to Earth and the sun to give us all those rad eclipses.

    EDIT: Also I tested and this burger is the same size as a Canadian one dollar coin.

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      I read somewhere that this phenomenon is so unlikely that if we ever need to represent our planet in an intergalactic context, the solar eclipse would be a good candidate for a symbol to put on a flag [citation needed]

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        I’m down and anyone who isn’t hasn’t seen a total eclipse yet. I saw my first one last year and by the time it finally came up I was starting to be a little fed up of hearing about it and slightly skeptical about how big of a deal it was. Then the day came, it got dark in a way my senses were not ready for and finally Totality happened, I saw the diamond ring with my own eyes and I lost my marbles at how fucking deeply existential this moment felt. 10/10 would watch again

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          I’m in the UK so didn’t see the last one but during the previous one I found looking around at the darkness and observing how all the birds went quiet was a bigger deal than the actual eclipse of the sun. I mean that was still really cool, but the dark and stillness was uncanny.

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        Sorry, but a similar design is already taken by the planet where everyone’s obsessed with The Ring

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      Because the moon is moving away very slowly there will be a last total solar eclipse at some point. We’re lucky to have such good ones currently

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      EDIT: Also I tested and this burger is the same size as a Canadian one dollar coin.

      You mean a Loonie.

      SMH.