c/wholesome · by somebody_to_love@lemmy.today · 56d

A Perfect Shot

Bullseye!

560 points · 18 comments · view on lemmy.world

18 Comments

Winter_Oven@piefed.social · 111 pts · 56d (1 reply)

hah, bullseye...almost scrolled past that.

toynbee@piefed.social · 15 pts · 56d

I didn't get that until reading this comment. Thank you.

Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 48 pts · 56d (5 replies)

The trip from the perspective of the photon would be instantaneous, if I remember correctly.

recentSlinky@lemmy.ca · 20 pts · 56d (4 replies)

Yep, they experience no time or space as they move at light speed :)

DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 56d (2 replies)

Of course they experience nothing anyway because they aren't alive, but for even more existential dread, realize that most photons aren't observed by even cows.

zedgeist@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 56d (1 reply)

The others are observed by odd cows

a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 56d

Common misconception. They have to be prime cows.

rustydrd@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 56d

Also they're fucking dumb

Zachariah@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 56d (2 replies)

There are only about half a dozen stars twenty light years from here, and not all of them are visible to the naked eye. I wonder if the artist had one in mind.

ripcord@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 56d (1 reply)

The 3rd one

jaybone@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 56d

Alpha Centhirdly

IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 56d

from the point of view of the photon, it took zero time

blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 56d (1 reply)

"Tonight Matthew, I'm going to be..."

Whelks_chance@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 56d

Wow, that's a throwback

toxicbubble@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 56d

reminds me of the two headed cow story