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Do you ever stop to think about what we’re actually looking at when we look at the stars?
Posted on 5/31/26 at 7:51 pm
Posted on 5/31/26 at 7:51 pm
Or is it just kind of, “meh? Yeah there’s stars”
Those stars we see in the night sky are only the stars in the Milky Way itself. And if the Milky Way were the size of a grain of sand, the observable universe would be the size of a sports stadium or the Empire State Building. So we’re only seeing a speck of sand inside that stadium of the stars out there
And there are an estimated 2 trillion other galaxies in the observable universe with some schmuck alien complaining they can’t see us either.
Really makes you think
Those stars we see in the night sky are only the stars in the Milky Way itself. And if the Milky Way were the size of a grain of sand, the observable universe would be the size of a sports stadium or the Empire State Building. So we’re only seeing a speck of sand inside that stadium of the stars out there
And there are an estimated 2 trillion other galaxies in the observable universe with some schmuck alien complaining they can’t see us either.
Really makes you think
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Posted on 5/31/26 at 7:52 pm to Proximo
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Really makes you think
Not really.
They are so far out there I don't even think about them.
Posted on 5/31/26 at 7:53 pm to Proximo
Posted on 5/31/26 at 7:56 pm to Proximo
The honest answer is no one on Earth knows… your guess got the same probability of being right as an astrophysicist
Posted on 5/31/26 at 7:57 pm to Proximo
Posted on 5/31/26 at 7:59 pm to Proximo
And I thought I was high
Posted on 5/31/26 at 8:00 pm to Proximo
I think I'm looking at suns.
Posted on 5/31/26 at 8:01 pm to Proximo
David told us what we’re looking at.
Psalms 19:1 (KJV)
1 The heavens declare the glory of God;
and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
Psalms 19:1 (KJV)
1 The heavens declare the glory of God;
and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
Posted on 5/31/26 at 8:02 pm to Jack Bauers HnK
All right where is the meme? Should have been up by now
Posted on 5/31/26 at 8:02 pm to Proximo
Starships were meant to fly
Hands up and touch the sky
Can't stop 'cause we're so high
Let's do this one more time, oh
Hands up and touch the sky
Can't stop 'cause we're so high
Let's do this one more time, oh
Posted on 5/31/26 at 8:04 pm to Proximo
This post reminds me of the Donald Sutherland pot scene in Animal House.
Posted on 5/31/26 at 8:05 pm to Proximo
God's front porch view
Posted on 5/31/26 at 8:05 pm to Proximo
How many pots have you consumed this evening?
Posted on 5/31/26 at 8:08 pm to Recognizable Poster
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How many pots have you consumed this evening?
One superior margarita
This post was edited on 5/31/26 at 8:09 pm
Posted on 5/31/26 at 8:08 pm to Proximo
Yes, some of that light started its journey before I was born. Makes me closer to God. Every time.
Moreso than Earthly religions do.
God is real and out there.
Moreso than Earthly religions do.
God is real and out there.
Posted on 5/31/26 at 8:09 pm to Proximo
I haven’t in a long time but when I was in Zimbabwe at a resort that had very little electricity and everywhere around it was dark.. to see those stars.. it was like I was in a planetarium
I’ve never seen anything like that before or since . It was magical and I think about it often
Edit: and to echo a poster above… we went to a Zimbabwean church as well during the end of Mugabes regime, worshipping and singing songs in our respective languages , it was the most human I’ve ever felt.
Oceans can separate us but we are all still in this together and then seeing the stars.
I’ve never seen anything like that before or since . It was magical and I think about it often
Edit: and to echo a poster above… we went to a Zimbabwean church as well during the end of Mugabes regime, worshipping and singing songs in our respective languages , it was the most human I’ve ever felt.
Oceans can separate us but we are all still in this together and then seeing the stars.
This post was edited on 5/31/26 at 8:12 pm
Posted on 5/31/26 at 8:10 pm to Proximo
I'm a big fan of margaritas, but the last few I've had have been mediocre to inferior.
Posted on 5/31/26 at 8:10 pm to Proximo
quote:
Really makes you think
People don’t think it be like it is but it do
Posted on 5/31/26 at 8:34 pm to Proximo
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And if the Milky Way were the size of a grain of sand, the observable universe would be the size of a sports stadium or the Empire State Building.
This really doesn’t seem that big, the observable universe. I would have guessed the comparison to be much bigger.
Posted on 5/31/26 at 8:38 pm to Proximo
A light in the sewer treatment plant
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