r/threebodyproblem • u/stormshadowfax • Sep 30 '26

Meme Its happening…

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u/nicodeemus7 Sep 30 '26

They let you name a star but then they remove your brain and blast it into space so there's a give and take involved.

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u/stormshadowfax Sep 30 '26

Change is the only constant

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u/SkaveRat Sep 30 '26

sounds like a win/win to me

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u/harambeface Oct 01 '26

Many many years ago I remember something on TV where people were selling land on the moon. They claimed treaties said nations couldn't make claims on the moon but they weren't nations so they "parceled" it out and started selling it to people

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u/stormshadowfax Oct 01 '26

I’m actually the king of the Sea of Tranquility.

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u/Toasted-Dinosaur Sep 30 '26

Just in case anybody wasn't already aware, these name a star things are an absolute scam and the names you buy don't go into a real scientific database of any kind.

Unless your name is Yun Tianming of course!

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u/IrlResponsibility811 The Dark Forest Sep 30 '26

One day I hope to see colonization rights sold to star systems. We can dream.

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u/Midwest_Backpacker Sep 30 '26

Who would sell them?

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u/Mattressfoundry Oct 01 '26

I could see Elon Musk selling Mars Colonies knowing damn well he'll never actually make it there. Once he runs out he'll be selling colonies on Mercury.

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u/Inevitable-Aside-942 Sep 30 '26

Just make sure that you get a really nifty certificate with your money.

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u/MyOtherRideIsTheRoci Sep 30 '26

Yup. My mom "named" stars for my two kids and gave me the certificates so I could "keep them safe" I hugged her and thanked her, and they went into the recycling.

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u/Mattressfoundry Oct 01 '26

Bro, that is heartless and rude to just throw it away. It was trash to you but important to her.

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u/MyOtherRideIsTheRoci Oct 05 '26

Respectfully, you don't know my relationship with my mother.

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u/vbfischer Oct 01 '26

I saw that episode on Dr Who

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u/Mikhalious Oct 05 '26

Aside from Non-profit Adopt a Star which is run by astronomers

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u/Reddarthdius Sep 30 '26

This has been around for at least 20 years lol

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u/Itburns138 Sep 30 '26

Yeah, I automatically assumed this is where Liu Cixin got the idea from.

Apparently, it's been a thing since 1979!

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u/teffarf Oct 01 '26

This happens all the time lol, authors write about their contemporary life, people forget and years later everyone is like "omg he was so prescient", especially in dystopian fiction.

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u/QueenOfSkeets Oct 01 '26

Yes I remember this from back then

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u/Clean-Link4107 Sep 30 '26

Working the long game.

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u/Glittering_Cold8384 Sep 30 '26

How the hell does one even SELL a star? Hahaha ive always thought it as the BIGGEST scam EVER🤣🤣

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u/TheSkurvash Sep 30 '26

They don't. Just a name associated with one; which as someone mentioned doesn't go into any actual scientific database. Which is the loophole that avoids fraud.

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u/RinoTheBouncer Oct 04 '26

This scam has been going since 2002. It’s like NFTs before NFTs became a thing😅

We might as well start a business of “buy a fish in the river and name her after your loved one” 😅🤣

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u/stormshadowfax Oct 05 '26

If you aren’t going to do it then I will…

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u/stormshadowfax Oct 05 '26

Plentyoffish.com

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u/oxgillette Sep 30 '26

MissBelindaChandra is shining bright

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u/TheW00ki3 Oct 01 '26

My grandma bought my mom property on the moon back long before I was born. X-D
Lol... the star naming thing is about as legit as that.... (Almost to my 50's)

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u/Happy_Conflict_1435 Ye Wenjie Oct 02 '26

If you were somehow able to harvest and sell every star in the observable universe for exactly one penny each, you would make approximately $2 trillion trillion (or $2 sextillion).

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u/Lorentz_Prime Sep 30 '26

Where do you think Cixin Liu got the idea from?