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[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (3 children)

imagine that you're looking at the night sky and the stars blinked out all at once for just a second

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Since they're all so far away and so many different distances away, it would imply something very very very large and very very very fast passed between us and the closest stars. Probably aliens. That would be cool

[–] pturn1 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It'd be fine, we'd have 400 years to get ready.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Oh, so we can start next year?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Then you just live in a totally dark world forever

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

no no, just a second. like a cosmic blink