I'm coming to terms with the fact that I *do* have a problem with things being Very Large. I find it... sort of offensive? Like "why does it need to be THAT big? That's too big? I can hardly imagine how big that is. Why do I need to work so hard to imagine the scale of this?"
But, some people think the absurd jumps in scale are elegant, and mysterious, and wondrous. Ok ok ok ok. Good.
I did think of one good thing: on these scales you and I are basically the same size as ants. That's nice!
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@futurebird reminded of the Antagonists in the final Hitchhiker’s guide novel. They evolved in a solar system imbedded in a molecular cloud that only made their sun and planets.
When they […]
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Cue the "your mama" jokes ?
@futurebird I live in a city surrounded by mountains, but they’re small tame mountains that are very accessible and comfortable, friendly even. We love our mountains! They have sweet names, […]
2024-12-02 NocturnalNessa ┃ 1🔗
@futurebird not large in a galactic sense but its been FUCKING WITH ME this thing is taller than the twin towers
@futurebird Starts for me even with smaller things. We visited a Shipyard once and could watch a Freightship motor being assembled for an hour or so.
I was like „A crankshaft is not supposed […]
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@futurebird I struggle with the fact that I am only 5'6" and murder SUVs and pickup trucks can't see me over their hoods.
@futurebird I don't have a problem with that, but what I do struggle with is large empty spaces on earth. Particularly Antarctica.
I have no issue seeing photos of Antarctica, very beautiful […]
There is but a little rounding error between you and the pyramid ant.
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