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05-02-2020, 03:07 PM
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forever in search of dill pickle doritos
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Re: The Gallery of Awesome
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Thanks, from:
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Ari (05-04-2020), BrotherMan (05-02-2020), Crumb (05-02-2020), JoeP (05-02-2020), Kamilah Hauptmann (05-02-2020), Kyuss Apollo (05-04-2020), lisarea (05-02-2020), maddog (05-02-2020), Pan Narrans (05-02-2020), Sock Puppet (05-04-2020), Zehava (09-03-2020)
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05-04-2020, 05:26 PM
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California Sober
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Re: The Gallery of Awesome
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The reason why the ISS keeps its relative size against both the Sun and the Moon is due to a remarkable coincidence: the diameter of the Moon is 400x smaller than the diameter of the Sun, but it is also 400x closer to us!
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That's the same reason a total eclipse of the sun does the visible corona thing it does. If the moon was larger, it would block out the corona. If it was smaller, the visible portion of the sun would be too bright and would wash the corona out.
It's also the case that the distance between the earth and moon is increasing, so we are living during a limited time window during which the remarkable coincidence exists. So I guess the coincidence between the sizes isn't as remarkable, since it was bound to happen at some point in time. The more remarkable coincidence for me is that it happened to be when we were around to see it.
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05-04-2020, 09:32 PM
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happy now, Mussolini?
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Re: The Gallery of Awesome
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The reason why the ISS keeps its relative size against both the Sun and the Moon is due to a remarkable coincidence: the diameter of the Moon is 400x smaller than the diameter of the Sun, but it is also 400x closer to us!
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That's the same reason a total eclipse of the sun does the visible corona thing it does. If the moon was larger, it would block out the corona. If it was smaller, the visible portion of the sun would be too bright and would wash the corona out.
It's also the case that the distance between the earth and moon is increasing, so we are living during a limited time window during which the remarkable coincidence exists. So I guess the coincidence between the sizes isn't as remarkable, since it was bound to happen at some point in time. The more remarkable coincidence for me is that it happened to be when we were around to see it. |
We're so fucking lucky, yet kinda not at the same time.
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05-05-2020, 04:04 AM
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Adequately Crumbulent
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Re: The Gallery of Awesome
I wonder if we would have predicted the corona if we hadn't observed it during total eclipses.
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05-08-2020, 01:08 PM
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Solipsist
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05-10-2020, 02:18 AM
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Shitpost Sommelier
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Re: The Gallery of Awesome
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05-22-2020, 05:17 AM
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happy now, Mussolini?
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Re: The Gallery of Awesome
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05-22-2020, 08:44 PM
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I read some of your foolish scree, then just skimmed the rest.
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Re: The Gallery of Awesome
18 minutes of Fable the Raven practicing her human words.
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05-22-2020, 10:21 PM
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Solipsist
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Re: The Gallery of Awesome
Hi. Hi. Hi! Hi. What are you doing. Hi.
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05-23-2020, 04:58 AM
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A Very Gentle Bort
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Re: The Gallery of Awesome
She's a fucking witch. Burn her.
That Hi would freak me the fuck out.
No wonder peasants et al believed in witches and shit.
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05-23-2020, 11:33 AM
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Solipsist
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05-23-2020, 04:28 PM
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Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short
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Re: The Gallery of Awesome
That's pretty much exactly how I practice my human words too.
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05-23-2020, 06:39 PM
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I read some of your foolish scree, then just skimmed the rest.
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No wonder peasants et al believed in witches and shit.
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Oh yeah Ravens as witches familiars make a ton of sense now, especially since Fable is even copying her person’s accent and intonations.
In the more interactive video introducing her apparently some people claimed her person was doing ventriloquism and Fable wasn’t really speaking.
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05-29-2020, 03:13 AM
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happy now, Mussolini?
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06-13-2020, 08:28 AM
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Shitpost Sommelier
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Re: The Gallery of Awesome
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06-29-2020, 09:08 AM
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Shitpost Sommelier
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Re: The Gallery of Awesome
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06-29-2020, 12:09 PM
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Counter
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Re: The Gallery of Awesome
This one knows.
It has heard the call.
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06-29-2020, 02:18 PM
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Solipsist
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Re: The Gallery of Awesome
:shakewernerherzog:
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07-03-2020, 01:01 PM
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happy now, Mussolini?
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07-04-2020, 06:35 PM
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happy now, Mussolini?
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Re: The Gallery of Awesome
Wait a second -- I forgot to include the link to the main reason why I posted that video.
Mike Judge’s ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ Gets a 2-Season Reboot at Comedy Central
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As for Judge’s reason on rebooting his cult favorite ’90s animated series, well, it’s pretty succinct: “It seemed like the time was right to get stupid again.”
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07-07-2020, 11:22 PM
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Shitpost Sommelier
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Re: The Gallery of Awesome
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07-08-2020, 04:37 PM
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California Sober
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Re: The Gallery of Awesome
Don't worry, It's his sister!
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08-29-2020, 08:49 AM
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Shitpost Sommelier
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Re: The Gallery of Awesome
This fucking slaps.
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09-02-2020, 07:12 AM
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happy now, Mussolini?
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10-03-2020, 10:41 AM
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Shitpost Sommelier
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Re: The Gallery of Awesome
This kid
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