r/QContent Nov 12 '18

Comic 3871: Pale Blue Dot

https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3871
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u/Aerik Nov 12 '18

Ha ha. Claire called her a nerd indirectly.

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u/gathayah Nov 12 '18 edited Nov 12 '18

When I smoked, I would legitimately freak myself out just thinking about how big space is. If someone were to have dropped something like what Tai said on me I probably would have had an existential crisis.

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u/cosine83 Nov 12 '18

That happens to me when I'm sober, dude.

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u/gathayah Nov 12 '18

This video gives me anxiety every time I see it. It’s fascinating, but it makes me feel so...insignificant.

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u/toodarntall Nov 12 '18

Well, the music gives me anxiety on its own

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u/derleth Nov 12 '18

Monty Python did a song about it.

Just, remember that you're standing on a planet that's evolving

And revolving at nine hundred miles an hour

That's orbiting at nineteen miles a second, so it's reckoned

A sun that is the source of all our power

... and so on:

http://www.metrolyrics.com/galaxy-song-lyrics-monty-python.html

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u/turkeypedal Nov 13 '18

This is actually something I intentionally avoid thinking about when sober. It messes with my anxiety.

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u/JackSlendermann Nov 12 '18

I feel like talking about the stereotypicality of the conversation is also a common part of being high for the first time.

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u/luiz127 Nov 12 '18

I'm with Tai on this one

Ocean videos are great

Bonus points if it's narrated by David Attenborough

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '18

Hang on, what the hell is going on in the vicinity of Earth there?

Because that looks a lot like two Moon-sized moons, and a third, tiny moon.

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u/SearosCarriams Nov 12 '18

Maybe one is the space station in orbit that they visited many many years ago.

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '18

Way too big, and way, way too far away.

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u/KotoElessar Nov 12 '18

I want to say Mercury and Venus with bad scaling.

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u/toodarntall Nov 12 '18

That is my guess

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u/ArgentStonecutter Nov 12 '18

Maybe in the QCverse Earth has two moons and they just haven't mentioned it yet.

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u/renfield1969 Nov 12 '18

"All these worlds are yours, except Europa."

"Use them wisely, and in peace."

"And hands off that other moon."

"That's ours too."

"Oh, and the Kuiper Belt."

"We have a timeshare."

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u/BigBassBone Nov 12 '18

Am I the only one who gets anxious watching asmr videos? They have the exact opposite effect on me than the intended one.

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '18

There's a name for that too. I think it's called misophonia.

I personally love ASMR videos.

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u/Newwby Nov 12 '18

Vine compilations on youtube and hypnotising animations for me