Ahhh, fine, I guess it's my turn anyway. I'll be back in a bit.
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Aka quarantine.
It also might be the answer to the fermi paradox
yea.... large time scales, quiet neighbourhood, goldilocks zone, fuckton of water and jupiter as warden. If I were life I'd defo develop there
We chillin
Interesting story but not even remotely "BREAKING!" I read about this a year or two ago. Apparently the solar system is in a fairly star-sparse region of space.
And "trapped" is an interesting way to frame it. I was under the impression that its a boon for life - less astronomical neighbors means less stuff to interrupt its development.
Yes, "trapped" might mean fewer nearby aliens to invite us to join their Galactic Federation and explain now to cure cancer and build warp drives, but it also means fewer apocalyptic-size chunks of crap careening around the neighborhood.
God took his shoot in a lonely place. Maybe better so we can't breed over other places.
We're in space jail because we don't play nice with others.
Also because we horny
Also because earth is a deathworld
Fermi paradox solved: We're out in the boonies and no self respecting intelligent lifeform would be wasting their time wandering around here
It goes the other way too. Paradox solved: We're in an island of stability, and life doesn't get the chance to develop in denser, more chaotic regions.
Unless there is spice here which the Empire needs. Earth's bio-organic molecules may very well be unique in the entire cosmos.
We have used almost all of our oil. That’s why they don’t want us.
What do they mean "trapped"? Is it a bad thing? Does it have any effect on anything earth-related? Is earth being held there by an unknown force?
Meaning that if we don't immediately accelerate to near the speed of light, we are stuck here.
Huh, that really makes the only livable planet in our entire galaxy just that much more important.
You better start pushing then
Gulagtic prison.
Isn't stuff like this in the drake equation or something more up to date? Lack of activity or the right amount probably helps life.
on purpose heh. wouldnt be polite to drop us into polite galactic society as barbaric as we are
Yeah it's like a couple hours into the party there's that one guy who has a lot of distance around him because he's already cornered everyone individually to ramble at them about his dumb hobby
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Everything is in a giant void, dipshit. It came for free with the expansion of the universe
Not sure of the specifics on the article, but astronomical voids are their own specific thing, not just the vacuum of space.
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It's a good thing the rate of catastrophic collisions with neighboring bodies is at its lowest in a void. At this point we may as well assume our lack of neighbors was beneficial to our being here in the first place
Not to mention good weather in the neighborhood, no gamma ray bursts nesrby or supernova or whatnot
I looked into it, and it’s our whole galaxy that’s maybe in a void. There’s plenty of space inside our galaxy to not give a shit about what’s not here.
Oh, that explains... gestures broadly
Who knew we were on a chaos world trapped in the warp forever begging tortured for the amusement of the rich and powerful...
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Would it help if we got out and pushed?
So that's why God is ignoring us. Earth rolled into his couch cushions and got lost.
JD Vance is the plague of gods couch cushions.
We got put in time-out.
Galactic Quarantine.
Saw a video about this. Apparently galactic voids are pretty hard to enter for reasons that elude my 6am brain. Something to do with gravity.
In astronomy, Galaxy clusters are just areas where the density of galaxies is above average and voids are areas where the density is below average. Galaxies attract each other, so the material for Galaxy clusters has to come from somewhere, and that somewhere is voids.
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It's basically the same reason why it's so hard to leave Earth. You can't just jump. Or fly in an aeroplane. You need a rocket with enough fuel. Otherwise you will fall back down again.
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"They're made of cheesits."
"Cheesits?"
"Cheesits. Those orange fuzzy things that crunch. One of their world leaders even looks like one."
"But how do they communicate?"
"They rub their cheesit bodies together to make non-commital sounds like 'I cant even' "
"That's too weird. Let's quarantine this place and get the hell out of here."
"Agreed. At least they cant harm us out here."
David Blaine teleports behind them both with a pack of cards.
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it actually might be the reason we're around, because in more "populated" areas, unfortunate cosmic events are more frequent too
One thing's for sure, I'm going to sit at home and criticize every well-intentioned solution made in good faith that I see posted on the internet while I plant my eyes on a screen all day doing nothing substantial to help solve the problem or support the ones who might be able to make a difference.
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