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Reply to The voice in your head can’t stutter. by hamborgeree
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sonicMayhem t1_jduqjeo wrote
Reply to comment by racermd in Golf carts are sports cars by exbingoz
I didn't downvote, but you should try golf.
A sport doesn't require extreme exertion.
Golf takes physical effort, timing, coordination, and mental focus. There are competitions and rules.
Come play 2 rounds with me and tell me it's not a sport. I'll buy the beer.
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Reply to The voice in your head can’t stutter. by hamborgeree
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lessthanabelian t1_jduq5xg wrote
Earth is technically the center of the true total universe too, but just our observable lightbubble.
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But so is literally every other point in space. Every point is the center of the universe
PM_ME_YOUR_RegEx t1_jdup35p wrote
Reply to comment by AxialGem in Earth is technically the centre of the observable universe by randomebolaoutbreak
What about with gravitational lensing? That might distort our sphere of observability.
NLwino t1_jdunh7u wrote
Reply to comment by Wellfooled in Earth is technically the centre of the observable universe by randomebolaoutbreak
>The word observable in this sense does not refer to the capability of modern technology to detect light or other information from an object, or whether there is anything to be detected. It refers to the physical limit created by the speed of light itself.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observable_universe
You are always at the center of YOUR observable universe. If it's correct that the universe is isotropic.
Wellfooled t1_jdum3n4 wrote
Reply to comment by sarcastic_patriot in Earth is technically the centre of the observable universe by randomebolaoutbreak
I'm just a layman, but I sympathize with this counter-shower thought. There are things in space that block our view--dark nebulas or even just normal stars preventing us from seeing what's directly behind them. Likewise gravitational lensing occasionally let's us see further than we would normally. The "observable" universe in that sense isn't a perfect sphere with Earth in the middle.
The "center" of the weird shape of the observable universe would be elsewhere. Of course how we could ever settle on the center of an area like that is beyond me.
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Reply to The voice in your head can’t stutter. by hamborgeree
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DukeLukeTheNuke t1_jdui6oq wrote
Not technically, just is. This is just a fact. This is not a shower epiphany.
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mostly_hrmless t1_jduhiq9 wrote
Reply to Golf carts are sports cars by exbingoz
If that were true wouldn't they be golf cars? Are carts cars? I feel like being a car is a prerequisite for being a sports car.
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Reply to The voice in your head can’t stutter. by hamborgeree
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BlightFantasy3467 t1_jduanu5 wrote
Reply to comment by wotmate in Golf carts are sports cars by exbingoz
Then there's the entire world of e-sports
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Great_Calvini t1_jdu9cqp wrote
Reply to comment by Clid3r in Golf carts are sports cars by exbingoz
I do wonder what the traffic must be like in The Villages, FL
xPity t1_jdu976p wrote
Reply to comment by Drink15 in Earth is technically the centre of the observable universe by randomebolaoutbreak
Thats not it boss
wotmate t1_jdu84n6 wrote
Reply to comment by racermd in Golf carts are sports cars by exbingoz
Is archery or target shooting a sport? Bobsleigh? Chess? Darts? Croquet? Horse racing? Snooker?
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There are dozens of sports that don't have extreme physical exertion.
Airballed t1_jdu5t12 wrote
Reply to comment by racermd in Golf carts are sports cars by exbingoz
Bros never heard of talent before
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Tha_Watcher t1_jdusrh4 wrote
Reply to Everything was scarier when we were kids because our imaginations hadn’t been crushed yet. by Lemon_m1lk
It was the opposite for me. Everything was amazing and full of wonder and possibility when I was a kid and it only got scarier when I became and adult and actually knew the details and the how's and why's of things.