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[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 67 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I tend to wake up every morning amazed that: A) We're generally still here and B) I'm specifically still here. Then the disappointment hits.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 31 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Don't give us too much credit just yet. Dinosaurs were around for about 180 million years.

Our earliest ancestors are about 2 million years ago, our closest ancestors are about 300,000 years and our actual ancestors who are like us are only about 50,000 years.

We're still just a tiny blip in earth's history and if we wipe ourselves out, it'll be pretty hard for any future archaeologist to figure out who we were and what we did, or even to know that we were even here.

[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Sure, but forget 50 kiloyears. Just considering the events of the last century is sufficient to make me marvel that we haven't sterilized ourselves -- and the rest of the planet. But, as you say, it's early days yet. I'm sure we'll manage to irrevocably cock it up any moment now.

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[–] zout@fedia.io 12 points 11 months ago

Dinosaurs is a clade, not a species. Humans belong to the clades hominoids and simians, which have been around for 13 and 42 million years.

[–] Jack@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago

or even to know that we were even here.

What about our megafauna extinctions, nuclear tests, mass biosphere degradation and destruction, the Anthropocene extinction event, the fish bones of 2-6 trillion fish we torture to death every year, the bones of trillions of monstrous chickens, anthropogenic climate change, plastic... and soon the upcoming anthropogenic climate-change cascade and the Anthropocene mass-extinction event?

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[–] yakko@feddit.uk 8 points 11 months ago (3 children)

You find yourself on the planet of half-intelligent disaster hominids.

Ganbatte, xxce2AAb.

[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 7 points 11 months ago

Thanks. I guess there's nothing for it but to venture deep into the woods at night, alone and carrying only a high-power laser pointer and a large sign reading "for the love of everything pure and good, abduct me!"

^(I^ ^consent^ ^to^ ^reasonable^ ^amounts^ ^of^ ^probing)^

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[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I was in the path of totality and there were so many glasses available to everyone around its hard to believe this.

[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 49 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Okay you had to pick the stupidest person on earth.

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[–] lefty7283@lemmy.world 28 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I had like 5 seconds of panic because there was a gray spot in my vision after I accidentally looked at a baileys bead completely unfiltered through my telescope the second the eclipse ended. Turns out I just had a smudge on my glasses :P

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[–] nukeforyou@lemmy.zip 20 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Why does the data for eyes hurt start before the eclipse even happened?

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Surely it's just the sum of searches during that period, just to cover the interval. 🤷‍♂️

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[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca 26 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Plenty of stupid people everywhere.

[–] NichEherVielleicht@feddit.org 10 points 11 months ago

Can confirm.

[–] Fridgeratr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Humans do live in America, you are correct

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago

Use of the term leader there is a stretch

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[–] barnaclebutt@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Couldn't the search be, how do I see the eclipse without hurting my eyes?

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[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Definitely has to be pretty low in Buffalo NY...

...since it was fucking OVERCAST!

FML

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago

Same in Toronto. I wonder what the results would be like from Sherbrooke, since we had crystal clear skies there.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

... I feel like you teased me with a rickroll & then in fact left me hanging all deserted, intentionally.
Well done!

[–] NichEherVielleicht@feddit.org 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Never a day goes by that I don’t feel thankful for your kindness.
Grateful beyond words for the warmth you bring into my life.
Giving your time and care means more than I can say.
Your presence reminds me how beautiful life can be.
Under every circumstance, I’m thankful for you.

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

What was happening in Yuma back then, though.

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[–] knemesis@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago

God bless the USA! ?

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 5 points 11 months ago
[–] bpoiesz@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

To be clear all, while funny this is a meme. For both medical reasons “eye pan isn’t a thing for this”, and Google own public search data availability. This isn’t real.

But it’s a good chuckle.

[–] TomMasz@piefed.social 4 points 11 months ago

That wasn't a problem where I live, it was totally overcast that day. Though I'm sure it would have had the sun been visible.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

I mean if the president looks straight at an eclipse without any eye protection...

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