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[–] [email protected] 53 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Yes, because everybody knows the earth is in the sun's p orbital

[–] Hobbes_Dent 34 points 7 months ago

What if our solar system is just another balloon animal???

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Nono, these are d orbitals. Although p orbitals are equally silly.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I stand corrected. I should have checked; I mean, I'm not a quantum astrophysicist.

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

I just woke up and read that as "quantum aristocrat".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Lol. For all I know I could be a quantum aristocrat, but whenever I open my bank account its wave function collapses to about $300

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

these are f orbitals, there is 5 of d orbitals

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Just testing how deep Cunninghams law will go haha

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

that only works outside of dead internet