Thinking about a conversation I was having with an acquaintance years ago. He was a friend of a friend and we were talking about food. I forget the exact phrasing but I brought up loving avocados. He said “what’s that?” I was a bit surprised and explained. He responded “OH thats crazy I thought that was one of those made up words”. The statement was like a flashbang I had to contemplate for a few minutes. PERSONAL STORIES ONLY, DO NOT INCLUDE A STATEMENT FROM A CELEBRITY OR POLITICIAN.
I can’t remember the context, but a coworker said “I shouldn’t have to care whether the moon gives off light or reflects it.”
I remember being stunned…
I am going to find your coworker and make them care whether the moon gives off light or reflects it
Thank you for your enthusiasm on this matter, moonshadow.
TBF there’s a logic to this one. It’s basically a science fact, and is unlikely to ever be important to someone’s personal goals.
That’s maybe not a person most of us would have common ground with, though.
True, I was mostly stunned someone wouldn’t know that. If someone considers it possible that the moon emits light, then how would they explain phases?
Moon’s haunted
The lamp that gives off the light is moving around the moon.
Wait, is there someone out there forcing people to care about whether the moon is reflective or emissive?
For whatever reason, a significant number of flat earthers also believe that the Moon is some kind of a fake hologram and/or emits ‘cold light’, or something like that.
the moon is actually a mini sun, that’s why gives off light.
(/j if it wasn’t obvious)
The moon is made of cheese and, like all cheeses, emits light under a low enough temperate (space is so cold it doesn’t even have a temperature - it’s just “cold”). The REAL mindbender, is why the space dust particles make the light all bright instead of dirty yellow, like how i like my cheese
Technically all things give off blackbody radiation, of which almost none of which is in visible light at normal temperatures.
Thats pretty funny