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xkcd #3311: Planet Database

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Atmospheric transmission spectroscopy has revealed that the sunsets from the observatory are really pretty.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3311/

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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wait...heavily polluted and in the middle of an extinction event.

Awwwww

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Compared to every other known planet thats barely noticeable tho.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 23 hours ago

And probably still reversible if we could get our fucking capitalism in check.

[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Reasonable gravity: check.

Liquid water: check.

Breathable atmosphere: check.

Looks great! Just... Oh, wait. Shit. It's completely infested with capitalism. Yet another uninhabitable planet.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day ago

"oh god it's got frenchmen"

[–] Tja@programming.dev 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, the state capitalists as well.

[–] Tja@programming.dev -1 points 1 day ago

No true Scotsman, huh?

[–] moondoggie@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Looks like we’re s.o.l.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago