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[-] JennyLaFae@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 4 days ago

We're in space jail because we don't play nice with others.

[-] leagman1@feddit.org 15 points 4 days ago

Also because we horny

[-] DeadDigger@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 days ago

Also because earth is a deathworld

[-] Darkard@lemmy.world 82 points 5 days ago

Oh, that explains... gestures broadly

[-] Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org 50 points 5 days ago

[-] urandom@lemmy.world 22 points 5 days ago

Why do they got skulls? Are they, like, the baddies?

[-] SlacksMcTavish@lemmy.ml 40 points 5 days ago

That's the fun part, they are all baddies!

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[-] Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org 8 points 5 days ago

They had a based designer, but yeah.

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[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 days ago

It also might be the answer to the fermi paradox

[-] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

yea.... large time scales, quiet neighbourhood, goldilocks zone, fuckton of water and jupiter as warden. If I were life I'd defo develop there

[-] Evotech@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

We chillin

[-] bampop@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago

Fermi paradox solved: We're out in the boonies and no self respecting intelligent lifeform would be wasting their time wandering around here

[-] AppleTea@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago

It goes the other way too. Paradox solved: We're in an island of stability, and life doesn't get the chance to develop in denser, more chaotic regions.

[-] minkymunkey_7_7@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Unless there is spice here which the Empire needs. Earth's bio-organic molecules may very well be unique in the entire cosmos.

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[-] _chris@lemmy.world 52 points 5 days ago

I looked into it, and it’s our whole galaxy that’s maybe in a void. There’s plenty of space inside our galaxy to not give a shit about what’s not here.

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 35 points 5 days ago

Everything is in a giant void, dipshit. It came for free with the expansion of the universe

[-] vithigar@lemmy.ca 20 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Not sure of the specifics on the article, but astronomical voids are their own specific thing, not just the vacuum of space.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Void_%28astronomy%29

[-] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 7 points 5 days ago

Oh yeah? Well I have the oldest universe known to man.

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[-] yaroto98@lemmy.world 45 points 5 days ago

We got put in time-out.

[-] KraeuterRoy@feddit.org 31 points 5 days ago

[-] einlander@lemmy.world 41 points 5 days ago

Galactic Quarantine.

[-] LetThereBeNick@lemmy.zip 23 points 5 days ago

It's a good thing the rate of catastrophic collisions with neighboring bodies is at its lowest in a void. At this point we may as well assume our lack of neighbors was beneficial to our being here in the first place

[-] Jeremyward@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago

Not to mention good weather in the neighborhood, no gamma ray bursts nesrby or supernova or whatnot

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Interesting story but not even remotely "BREAKING!" I read about this a year or two ago. Apparently the solar system is in a fairly star-sparse region of space.

[-] AppleTea@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 days ago

And "trapped" is an interesting way to frame it. I was under the impression that its a boon for life - less astronomical neighbors means less stuff to interrupt its development.

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[-] yakko@feddit.uk 30 points 5 days ago

Saw a video about this. Apparently galactic voids are pretty hard to enter for reasons that elude my 6am brain. Something to do with gravity.

[-] WalleyeWarrior@midwest.social 19 points 5 days ago

In astronomy, Galaxy clusters are just areas where the density of galaxies is above average and voids are areas where the density is below average. Galaxies attract each other, so the material for Galaxy clusters has to come from somewhere, and that somewhere is voids.

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[-] sbeak@sopuli.xyz 11 points 5 days ago

I think it's to do with the combined gravity of the "strings" of galaxies, stars, etc. being far stronger than nearly nothing.

[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 4 points 4 days ago

It's basically the same reason why it's so hard to leave Earth. You can't just jump. Or fly in an aeroplane. You need a rocket with enough fuel. Otherwise you will fall back down again.

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[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

on purpose heh. wouldnt be polite to drop us into polite galactic society as barbaric as we are

[-] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Yeah it's like a couple hours into the party there's that one guy who has a lot of distance around him because he's already cornered everyone individually to ramble at them about his dumb hobby

[-] bss03@infosec.pub 4 points 4 days ago

Yeah, I figure once (signs of) life showed up in the atmosphere, galactic civilization probably started isolation/quarantine procedures until we can show we are actually social, civil, and communal instead of violent, competitive, and individualistic.

[-] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago

Aka quarantine.

[-] tetris11@feddit.uk 22 points 5 days ago

"They're made of cheesits."
"Cheesits?"
"Cheesits. Those orange fuzzy things that crunch. One of their world leaders even looks like one."
"But how do they communicate?"
"They rub their cheesit bodies together to make non-commital sounds like 'I cant even' "
"That's too weird. Let's quarantine this place and get the hell out of here."
"Agreed. At least they cant harm us out here."
David Blaine teleports behind them both with a pack of cards.

[-] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

They're Made out of Meat

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[-] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 14 points 5 days ago

Would it help if we got out and pushed?

[-] kureta@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 days ago

What do they mean "trapped"? Is it a bad thing? Does it have any effect on anything earth-related? Is earth being held there by an unknown force?

[-] Piemanding@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 days ago

Meaning that if we don't immediately accelerate to near the speed of light, we are stuck here.

[-] MortUS@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Huh, that really makes the only livable planet in our entire galaxy just that much more important.

[-] phlegmy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago

You better start pushing then

[-] rapchee@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago

it actually might be the reason we're around, because in more "populated" areas, unfortunate cosmic events are more frequent too

[-] Samsy@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago

God took his shoot in a lonely place. Maybe better so we can't breed over other places.

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 8 points 4 days ago

So that's why God is ignoring us. Earth rolled into his couch cushions and got lost.

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[-] EldenLord@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

So what they‘re saying is that nothing around the world should have me worried?

[-] InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 days ago

One thing's for sure, I'm going to sit at home and criticize every well-intentioned solution made in good faith that I see posted on the internet while I plant my eyes on a screen all day doing nothing substantial to help solve the problem or support the ones who might be able to make a difference.