SalmonNgiri
SalmonNgiri t1_je72uec wrote
Reply to comment by lezboyd in Webb telescope finds a 'hot Jupiter' exoplanet that defies expectations by maki23
The science of how we look for planets means it’s a lot easier to see a gas giant close to a star, since their orbit causes the greatest change in the light detected.
SalmonNgiri t1_je00hj0 wrote
Reply to comment by mhornberger in Estimates suggest population growth rate to peak at 8.6 billion by madrid987
I always got a chuckle from those charts that used to predict cities like Kinshasa and Lagos would have 70 million population by 2050.
Like do they think as these places urbanize they would keep having kids at the rate an agrarian population?
SalmonNgiri t1_je00bth wrote
Reply to comment by Rednewtcn in Estimates suggest population growth rate to peak at 8.6 billion by madrid987
This joke would be funny to people who don’t file the news. The Chinese population has been stagnant for a while now.
SalmonNgiri t1_j6irec1 wrote
Reply to A tiny, moving point of light. Copies of the Photographs use for the discovery of Pluto. Credit: Lowell Observatory. January 1930 by Aeromarine_eng
Astronomy is just a game of “spot the difference” on extreme difficulty
SalmonNgiri t1_j20wep6 wrote
My first thought was “thank god you’re a woman hugging a dude” and then I felt like a sexist PoS…
SalmonNgiri t1_j1o9xwd wrote
Reply to TIFU by thinking I have to practice with a pro before having sex with my girlfriend by [deleted]
That seems extortionately expensive for a bottom of the barrel hooker. Is this in USD?
SalmonNgiri t1_ixl9mpd wrote
Reply to TIFU by being a h*rny by cxcxxxc
Why the fuck is your aunt coming to check on your sick uncle in your house? The hell is going on there?
SalmonNgiri t1_ixjnvwx wrote
Reply to comment by jasonchicago in TIFU: Paying $267 flight change fee on our second date so she'd stop screaming at United customer service instead of not seeing her again. Not today, three years ago—I just moved out. by fuck-alia-iacta-est
This was brilliant entertainment for me sitting at my airport gate.
SalmonNgiri t1_isu4jqe wrote
I know this is a benign tweet but a part of me is fully subscribed to the narrative that this is the ESA throwing shade at NASA.
SalmonNgiri t1_jeeglrc wrote
Reply to comment by Equivalent_Ad1362 in This conference has bracelets to communicate comfort levels of touching by charlesteacher
That was exactly what I was thinking, and so people don’t assume that about me I would end up getting yellow, even though I’m actually okay with handshakes lol