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A Perfect Shot(lemmy.world)

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BoobaAwooga@lemmynsfw.com
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The math is wrong but the intent is beautiful

Edit: I misread oops but I do think the comic is very beautiful still

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can@sh.itjust.works
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We don’t know what star they’re on.

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BoobaAwooga@lemmynsfw.com
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Oopsie I read it as the other photon said just a single light year away, my b

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officermike@lemmy.world
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It’s not our Sun but a different star 20 light years away.

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FooBarrington@lemmy.world
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As is evidenced by the fact it’s night time

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BoobaAwooga@lemmynsfw.com
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Oopsie I read it as the other photon said just a single light year away, my b

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DarkCloud@lemmy.world
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Technically it could be our Sun, and they’re an alien species of cow-like beings on their own planet far away from Earth.

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cows_are_underrated@feddit.org
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Its not light years, but approximately 8 light minutes.

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bricked@feddit.org
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For the particle itsself it’s even instantaneous!

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YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world
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C’mon you of all people should appreciate this.

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llii@discuss.tchncs.de
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The light is not from our sun, but another star. Its nighttime for the cow.

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cows_are_underrated@feddit.org
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OK, youre right. Misinterpreted the comic.

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stupidcasey@lemmy.world
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This is just the law of really big numbers.

Something literally astronomical relative to something subatomic is necessarily going to happen.

A Star is really really big but more importantly it produces a more than a lot of photon’s

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ramble81@lemm.ee
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I am so glad others have this thought. I look at stars and realize that particular particle hit my eye from that far away.

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Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de
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It’s 20 years for us, but for the photon, no time passes from being ejected from the photosphere to hitting the cow’s retina.

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disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
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Relatively speaking.

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Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de
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Reminds me of a relatively funny joke:

Why do photons have insomnia? Because they have no rest frame.

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