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[-] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 52 points 1 week ago
[-] yunxiaoli@sh.itjust.works 40 points 1 week ago

This is almost definitely a shit post from /x/ targeting the mandela effect or similar.

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 13 points 1 week ago

Could also just be a joke. Or both

[-] yunxiaoli@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago
[-] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 6 points 1 week ago

Shit posts are not jokes. Shit posts are serious business.

[-] EvilCartyen@feddit.dk 5 points 6 days ago

Implying jokes aren't serious business.... Puhlease

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

It's possible it's not a shitpost

[-] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 week ago

It's possible it's a schizopost.

[-] Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 week ago

We have forgotten

[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

They come from a parallel universe where the lunar month is about 4 days longer than ours.

[-] LostXOR@fedia.io 5 points 1 week ago

No total solar eclipses for them. :(

[-] Lumidaub@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago

What why? Their moon is still the same size and while orbiting their same size Earth it moves between that Earth and their same size sun to cast a shadow on that Earth. Wouldn't it?

[-] LostXOR@fedia.io 7 points 1 week ago

The Moon is just barely big enough for total solar eclipses as is. If the lunar month was 4 days longer, the Moon would be (31.3/27.3)^(2/3)=9.54% farther away, and thus around 9.5% smaller. The maximum size ratio between the Moon and Sun is around 1.08 so it would never be large enough in the sky for a total eclipse.

[-] Lumidaub@feddit.org 3 points 6 days ago

Okay, makes sense, but isn't the distance between Earth and the moon uh... shri.... grow... changing over time? So at some point in the past or future (or maybe even currently?), the distance would have been / would be the correct one for total eclipses.

[-] LostXOR@fedia.io 1 points 6 days ago

It is, but that's only significant over a period of millions of years.

[-] Lumidaub@feddit.org 2 points 6 days ago

So just like we happen to live in that precise time where total eclipses are possible, the Logday people may have lived or may one day live in a time where the moon is the right distance. No need to pity those fuckers.

[-] LostXOR@fedia.io 2 points 6 days ago

If they evolved around the same time we did, they're unfortunately out of luck. But maybe life was a bit faster because of the 8 day weeks. :P

[-] Lumidaub@feddit.org 2 points 5 days ago

... well okay then. Hope you're happy, with your logic and knowing stuff about shit. ;)

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