xkcd #2925: Earth Formation Site

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• sbv@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Is there a GoFundMe to get this erected somewhere? Because I’ve got like $5 I’m totally willing to kick in.

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  • Worx@lemmynsfw.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If you own a long piece of wood, a flat piece of wood, and some paint, you could make this a reality rather than just paying someone at random $5

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    • sbv@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I don’t own any of those things. Even if I did, I’d prefer a fancy bronze plack on a nice painted metal stand, ideally next to a scenic overlook.

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• Norgur@kbin.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Uhm ackchually Earth has been moving through space all this time, so this isn't the place, it's just the atoms which did it.

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  • oce@jlai.lu ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Which referential are you picking? Is it better than Earth?

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  • teft@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    We’ve done ~20 orbits around the galaxy since then so we’re way the hell away from that spot.

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    • ripcord@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Relative to us, which is how universal position works, we are in pretty much the same place.

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    • Speculater@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Not to mention the galaxy was moving too.

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  • lauha@lemmy.one ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Relative to earth, it is that place

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• Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I want to put one of these in my yard.

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• Miarolitic@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Love it! Although, it’s 4.54 billion not 4.45 billion

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  • IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How do you know? Were you there?

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    • bitwaba@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yes

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    • Jackcooper@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Is this a reference to the fundie arguments against dinosaurs

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• randomaccount43543@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  explainxkcd.com/2925/

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  • YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s not why it’s funny though, in my opinion. It’s because every location on earth is where the earth formed, relative to the earth.

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    • Natanael@slrpnk.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Then you need more signs

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