this post was submitted on 08 Dec 2023
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Oh damn, this basically embodies my comment in another thread. I hope to live to see it return.
I thought it was a far side comic I saw as a kid, but after googling it I couldn't find the original source.
I searched using Google lens and not a single result credited the artist
I was obsessed with space for a while when I was pretty young. I remember finding out that I saw Halley's comet when I was a baby, and became convinced that I'd live long enough to see it come back again, or even die once it returned. I guess I was a little bit morbid or looking for some sort of meaning to life.
So anyway, this is the beginning of my mid-life crisis.
Author Mark Twain was born during the comet and stated he would go out with it, and did!
Oh weird. I heard the same thing about 6 weeks ago, either there's some imprecision in the measurement or poor reporting
Aphelion Day!