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A lot of the highway department's budget goes to adjusting the sign whenever the moon passes directly overhead.
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this post was submitted on 28 Nov 2025
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The earth is also rotating and orbiting the sun, which is rotating around the galaxy, which is itself moving.
Top of that lorry is gonna be whipping around at relativistic speeds.
Heck, just hitting a potholes will make it move millions of lightyears.
Yep, but universe is so empty.