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Topic: The night sky is never black in the city.

Anonymous A started this discussion 15 years ago #15,294

I hate this and can't get used to it.

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 31 minutes later[^] [v] #267,970

there haven't been stars around here for years

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 15 minutes later, 46 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #267,971

@previous (B)
gold stars? :-(

Anonymous B replied with this 15 years ago, 52 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #267,975

@previous (C)
i go outside at midnight on a new moon, maybe i'll see stars. but i can count them. the sky is kind of... off black.

Unintentional Jackass !LASXURl1b6 joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #267,976

Ain't no love in the heart of the city.

dw !AIy/L67q.s joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 3 hours later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #268,006

photoshop it in

Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 26 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #268,012

I wanna tell everyone a true story:

I amazed someone the other day. We were standing outside his new house at night, and he was talking about energy efficient windows. I started pointing around the sky, trying to be helpful, explaining that the sun would come up here -that this side of the house would be hit by the sun in the morning- and move across the sky in such a manner... He asked me how I knew this. I pointed to the east and said, "Well, that's east."

After checking the compass on his iPhone, he was astounded that I had such a good sense of direction, but he still looked confused. I shrugged and explained that the sky was clear.

He didn't get it. Orion was just rising in the east and it was pretty obvious where the ecliptic was. I'm so sad humanity has lost this sense of place that seemed to be an innate consequence of our intelligence and a natural consequence of our need to understand our surroundings for thousands of years.

squeegee !hbZVTk6JYc joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 4 hours later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #268,080

@previous (F)
Can't see orion. Can't see shit. The sky is brown and the stars are gone.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 23 minutes later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #268,081

@previous (squeegee !hbZVTk6JYc)
Yep, just a weird orange glow.

squeegee !hbZVTk6JYc replied with this 15 years ago, 33 minutes later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #268,082

@previous (A)
You know what it looks like? It looks like man pulled the stars from the sky abd locked them inside streetlamps and buildings. That's what a skyline looks like to me.

Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 34 minutes later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #268,091

@previous (squeegee !hbZVTk6JYc)

Truly, we are as gods.

squeegee !hbZVTk6JYc replied with this 15 years ago, 55 minutes later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #268,102

@previous (H)
I think that's exactly what a time-traveling midievil serf would think

Anonymous H replied with this 15 years ago, 45 minutes later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #268,116

@previous (squeegee !hbZVTk6JYc)

Sometimes I wonder what would happen if I travelled back in time to the middle ages. I think I would be killed for being in league with the devil.
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