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[–] RiceMunk@sopuli.xyz 86 points 2 weeks ago

Unfortunately Earth is mostly below the horizon for this one. :(

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 59 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

And now over to Bobo for today's weather: .... ACK, ACK, WAAAAA, ACK, ACK, AAAAAAA!!!!!!! ... (feces thrown at camera) .... ACK, AAAAHHHHH, AAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!

[–] HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today 9 points 2 weeks ago

And 30% of the time, Bobo nails it.

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 2 points 2 weeks ago

I didn't know anyone named Bobo works at Fox News.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 43 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

We were playing a music trivia game and the question was "what planet did david bowie sing about life on?"

And my buddy says "earth?" Lmao

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 37 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It applies to most songs lol

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You could argue it applies to all songs in some sense (at least, the ones we've heard).

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

Nah. The song in the triva question was Mars, for example. There's plenty of songs about things other than earth, and other than life.

I know what you're saying though.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

The song is called life on Mars, but it's all about Earthly things, so I reckon he was singing about Earth problems and only contrasting it to the highbrow idea of life on Mars

Looking at the lyrics again it seems to mostly be about a film, or films in general

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I didn't write the question. It's a trivia game that came in a box.

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 15 points 2 weeks ago
[–] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I never see Earth in the sky.

[–] Zoop 10 points 2 weeks ago

Me neither. Don't you find that suspicious?? What else are they hiding from us!? Do they think we're stupid????

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

You ain't been high enough.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Stand on your head?

Or live lower

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wait a minute, that's not the order I've learned. Have we been lied to about MVEMJSUNP?

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 weeks ago

you're talking about the order from the sun, but that's not necessarily how it has to appear in our sky. It's like how the stars in orion's belt are actually stupidly far from each other, and from their perspective they have absolutely nothing to do with each other.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I lead stargazing classes with my city parks, and I can tell you that it's pretty much impossible to find earth in the night sky.

[–] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't know where you're searching, but the earth is usually pretty visible at the horizon.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Idk, bro, I've never seen Earth at the horizon, it's mostly just trees and houses and stuff. Do you have to be in dark skies?

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 5 points 2 weeks ago

It's right here dude.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Aren’t they always on the plane of the elliptic though?

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago

ecliptic, yes they are

[–] SippyCup@feddit.nl 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah but you can't always see them all together.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How is that an alignment though? It’s not like MacGuyver or Lara Croft is going to have to stop some baddies from assembling ancient artefacts in a particular room to unleash arcane terrors into the world just because the planets are sort-of visible together in the sky.

[–] my_hat_stinks@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago

It's an alignment because if you look up at it they're in a line. That's what alignment means, Lara Croft and ancient artifacts are optional.

[–] WanakaTree@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah they're out of order too