Irrational Fears [The Other End]

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7 Comments

TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 225d (4 replies)

You actually can't get hit by a meteor, as if it hit you it would be a meteorite 🤓

moody@lemmings.world · 13 pts · 225d

It's only a meteorite once it hits the ground. It's still a meteor for a very brief moment while it vaporizes you.

Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 225d (2 replies)

For similar reasons you'll never need to worry about dying to magma. Lava, on the other hand...

jlow@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 224d

What is this, @ScienceMemes?

JokeDeity@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 211d

You could from one of magmas other definitions.

Dupelet@piefed.social · 12 pts · 225d

Fun fact: Only 3 people in recorded history have been hit by meteorites (that we know about), and only 1 of them was killed. That's some pretty good odds!

Cassa@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 225d

uhmactshually 🤓

This is political in normalizing the interfamilial violence. the statidtic is there because some amount of violence is often seen as normal within a family and we have a have culture of protecting the family. blood is thicker than water.