r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/StemCellPirate • 13h ago

Video Earth’s evolution measured in galactic years.

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u/Slevin424 9h ago

Saddest part is we only have 20 or so orbits left before our sun dies. We’re in our midlife crisis stage of our solar system.

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u/JesseMakeGoodChoices 7h ago

And we’re spending our precious time killing each other, enslaved, stressed, and putting a dollar amount to our worth.

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u/Slevin424 7h ago

If we put all our effort into space we could have begun colonizing mars either by now or very soon. But we spend all our money and resources on weapons. We’re a sad race. Space telescopes on mars would be able to see much further than on earth to due low atmosphere and low light pollution. We’d know so much more of our universe.

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u/tepid_monologue 42m ago

And when we have a private citizen willing to buck the trend and get it done, we turn on him because he has different political thoughts than us.

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u/perenniallandscapist 33m ago

You be fair, his political thoughts are absolutely terrible and also he has waaaaaaay too much money and influence for any single person.

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u/tepid_monologue 27m ago

I disagree on the political aspect, but sure he has a lot of money. We should let him spend it on colonising mars. I’m not sure why everyone’s so hell bent on stopping him