c/xkcd · by randomaccount43543@lemmy.world · 2yxkcd #2925: Earth Formation Site https://xkcd.com/2925/ Alt text: It's not far from the sign marking the exact latitude and longitude of the Earth's core. 524 points · 23 comments · view on lemmy.world
23 Comments
sbv@sh.itjust.works · 45 pts · 2y
Is there a GoFundMe to get this erected somewhere? Because I've got like $5 I'm totally willing to kick in.
Worx@lemmynsfw.com · 27 pts · 2y
If you own a long piece of wood, a flat piece of wood, and some paint, you could make this a reality rather than just paying someone at random $5
sbv@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 2y
I don't own any of those things. Even if I did, I'd prefer a fancy bronze plack on a nice painted metal stand, ideally next to a scenic overlook.
ZDL@ttrpg.network · 5 pts · 2y
sbv@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
Do it!
ZDL@ttrpg.network · 4 pts · 2y
Norgur@kbin.social · 25 pts · 2y
Uhm ackchually Earth has been moving through space all this time, so this isn't the place, it's just the atoms which did it.
oce@jlai.lu · 25 pts · 2y
Which referential are you picking? Is it better than Earth?
teft@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
We’ve done ~20 orbits around the galaxy since then so we’re way the hell away from that spot.
ripcord@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Relative to us, which is how universal position works, we are in pretty much the same place.
Speculater@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Not to mention the galaxy was moving too.
Blum0108@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Is that why I'm dizzy all the time?
Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
And the universe is expanding
Bonehead@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y
I'm starting to get a little motion sick...
Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Don't worry due to your inertial reference frame you can't tell anything is happening.
Confused_Emus@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Norgur@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y
I wonder how they got it into their cake holes before Newton finally brought us all to the ground by inventing Gravity.
lauha@lemmy.one · 3 pts · 2y
Relative to earth, it is that place.
Unless you are pretty far up autist and "relative to universe" is only coordinate system you know :)
Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
I want to put one of these in my yard.
Miarolitic@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
Love it! Although, it's 4.54 billion not 4.45 billion
IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y
How do you know? Were you there?
bitwaba@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
Yes
Jackcooper@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Is this a reference to the fundie arguments against dinosaurs
randomaccount43543@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
https://explainxkcd.com/2925/
YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
That's not why it's funny though, in my opinion. It's because every location on earth is where the earth formed, relative to the earth.
Natanael@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 2y
Then you need more signs