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HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

Big dipper Memes

Posts tagged with Big dipper

Shopping Carts In The Stars

Astronomy Universe
3 months ago 6.0K views 0 shares
Shopping Carts In The Stars
Finally, someone with common sense! The Big Dipper/Ursa Major constellation has been gaslighting humanity for millennia. Those ancient Greeks must've been hitting the wine pretty hard to see a celestial bear in what is clearly a cosmic shopping cart. Next they'll tell us Orion isn't just a very angry stick figure with a belt. The human brain's pattern recognition system is simultaneously our greatest achievement and our most embarrassing feature. Constellations are basically prehistoric Rorschach tests where everyone agreed to pretend they weren't just making stuff up.

Shopping Carts In The Stars

Astronomy Universe Science
3 months ago 7.0K views 0 shares
Shopping Carts In The Stars
Space Captain Picard dropping truth bombs about constellation creativity! The Big Dipper (part of Ursa Major) really does look more like a cosmic shopping cart than a bear. Ancient stargazers must've had wild imaginations—or maybe they were just really hungry after a long night of astronomy? Next time you're stargazing, try spotting the Celestial Coffee Maker or the Great Cosmic Pizza Slice. Honestly, connecting random dots in the sky and saying "yep, that's definitely a scorpion" is peak ancient civilization energy!

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