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Bullseye!

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[–] Winter_Oven@piefed.social 83 points 1 month ago (1 children)

hah, bullseye...almost scrolled past that.

[–] toynbee@piefed.social 9 points 1 month ago

I didn't get that until reading this comment. Thank you.

[–] Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The trip from the perspective of the photon would be instantaneous, if I remember correctly.

[–] recentSlinky@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yep, they experience no time or space as they move at light speed :)

[–] DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Of course they experience nothing anyway because they aren't alive, but for even more existential dread, realize that most photons aren't observed by even cows.

[–] zedgeist@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The others are observed by odd cows

Common misconception. They have to be prime cows.

[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Also they're fucking dumb

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There are only about half a dozen stars twenty light years from here, and not all of them are visible to the naked eye. I wonder if the artist and one in mind.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago

Alpha Centhirdly

from the point of view of the photon, it took zero time

[–] toxicbubble@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

reminds me of the two headed cow story

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

"Tonight Matthew, I'm going to be..."

[–] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Wow, that's a throwback

[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago

It took him 20 years? Goku could've made that trip in a heartbeat!

[–] viertesauge@feddit.org 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] UnrepentantAlgebra@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

It's more likely that the speed runner just had an old/loose/dusty console or cartridge, by his own admission.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj8DzA9y8ls&t=417