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[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 110 points 1 week ago (10 children)

Eh, the odds of actually colliding with anything is low enough. Plus the night sky would probably be even more breathtaking. I'm in

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 39 points 1 week ago (7 children)

I think there's maybe more risk with the solar system being thrown off balance with other gravitational forces pulling things out of orbit. Even if earth just gets pulled away from the sun a little we are screwed. Or even the moon pulled away from earth somewhat.

[–] Tuuktuuk@piefed.ee 9 points 1 week ago

Could the other galaxy please pull us just the correct distance away from the sun to cancel the effect of global warming?

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