Luna Bliss Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 1 hour ago, Arielle Popstar said: 1 hour ago, Ceka Cianci said: Peeve: Knowing that you are going to miss the eclipse a couple of hours ahead of time, because it's a cloudy overcast day. Maybe it'll still get a little dim here.. hehehe Seen one, seen them all I figure. IKR, once you've seen the beauty of the ocean or the stars shining at night, or the majestic mountains...why experience it again? Why experience anything but our addled left brains controlling and interpreting our world? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luna Bliss Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 (edited) The eclipse was AWESOME. The light withdrew and the night birds began chirping, and strange shadows were cast. It's still dark in my house. During the last partial eclipse one of my cats kind of freaked out, pacing back and forth across some unusual shadows cast on the deck. *A neighbor came out and gave me her safety classes so I could see the moon blocking the sun. I'd been wishing I had some. Strangely, some kind of circular shadow was cast on a haze of clouds, so underneath the sun/moon there was a cloud haze in a near-perfect circular shape. Edited April 8 by Luna Bliss 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Rhiadra Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 It just passed over here: Toronto got a 99.98% eclipse, but the cloud cover was far too heavy to see anything. It DID get very weirdly dark for about 2 mins, during which time the street lights went on automatically. A teeny bit underwhelming, however. Sadly. Definitely a peeve. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayashe Ninetails Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 6 minutes ago, Scylla Rhiadra said: It just passed over here: Toronto got a 99.98% eclipse, but the cloud cover was far too heavy to see anything. It DID get very weirdly dark for about 2 mins, during which time the street lights went on automatically. A teeny bit underwhelming, however. Sadly. Definitely a peeve. It needs a more exciting plot. Something something, falling into a well, something something. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Rhiadra Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 3 minutes ago, Ayashe Ninetails said: It needs a more exciting plot. Something something, falling into a well, something something. Well, ever since I read John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids as a young'un, I've had this barely masked terror of looking at weird sky phenomenon like meteor showers. Because maybe THIS is the one that will strike everyone around the globe blind, leading to the collapse of civilization, and unleashing terrifying man-eating plants upon a helpless population! Could happen! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shining Sun Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 The moon blocked me today. Upset. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shining Sun Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 1 minute ago, Scylla Rhiadra said: meteor showers People are to fear, not nature -- Bolaglamps circa 255 AD 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayashe Ninetails Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Scylla Rhiadra said: Well, ever since I read John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids as a young'un, I've had this barely masked terror of looking at weird sky phenomenon like meteor showers. Because maybe THIS is the one that will strike everyone around the globe blind, leading to the collapse of civilization, and unleashing terrifying man-eating plants upon a helpless population! Could happen! Well that's horrifying! This also reminds me that I haven't really taken a good deep dive into an apocalyptic book in a long freakin' time. Ballard's The Crystal World is the last one that unnerved me. I read King's Cell long after that, but that one was just silly. Opening sequence was kind of fun cheese, though. I do have some fun books I still need to poke through. Peeve: remember when Ebay had great sales on paperbacks often? I bought a bunch back then. Feels like ages ago! Edited April 8 by Ayashe Ninetails Grammaring 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arielle Popstar Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 59 minutes ago, Luna Bliss said: IKR, once you've seen the beauty of the ocean or the stars shining at night, or the majestic mountains...why experience it again? Why experience anything but our addled left brains controlling and interpreting our world? Well maybe it is the left brain thinking that leads to conspiracies but ultimately to results in the progress of science. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Mistwood Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 3 hours ago, Scylla Rhiadra said: That was very kind of "them" to provide a Fear Free option. Perhaps you'd like "them" to add on a mild sedative? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Persephone Emerald Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 (edited) 3 hours ago, Scylla Rhiadra said: Yes, but three quarters of those centred on a certain important politician who somewhat idiotically just stared at the eclipse without glasses. I saw on YouTube this time around that a considerably less important politician said the eclipse is some kind of judgement from God. (This is what happens when home schooling doesn't include real science.) Edited April 8 by Persephone Emerald 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy Huntsman Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 Terrible and shallow analogies. I saw a post a couple of days ago, comparing stage names to gender identity. And I was like, I get what you are trying to say. But that is a terrible comparison. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arielle Popstar Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 3 hours ago, Persephone Emerald said: I saw on YouTube this time around that a considerably less important politician said the eclipse is some kind of judgement from God. (This is what happens when home schooling doesn't include real science.) Seems to me Science explains how it happens while preachers and I guess politicians try to answer why it happens. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Persephone Emerald Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Just now, Arielle Popstar said: Seems to me Science explains how it happens while preachers and I guess politicians try to answer why it happens. Why it happens is the same as how it happens. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arielle Popstar Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 6 minutes ago, Persephone Emerald said: Why it happens is the same as how it happens. Not really. There are still questions being asked by astrophysicists as to why we have the sort of eclipses we do for example. There is plenty of other examples too where Science is less concerned with the Why of a thing then the How. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 15 minutes ago, Persephone Emerald said: Why it happens is the same as how it happens. Science!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modulated Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 4 hours ago, Persephone Emerald said: I saw on YouTube this time around that a considerably less important politician said the eclipse is some kind of judgement from God. (This is what happens when home schooling doesn't include real science.) And public schools too sadly. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garnet Psaltery Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 (edited) Peeve: Waking up early and spending an hour ranting in my brain at all the things that bother me. It's all right now though. I got up and made first breakfast. I think I might be a closet Hobbit. Edited April 9 by Garnet Psaltery Typo. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Peeve: Yesterday while walking girl-husky down a road with no sidewalks, a truck stopped behind us and the passenger angrily shouted at me. (Things like, "it's a road", and "a-hole".) This shouldn't bother me! But it did! More info: They COULD have gone around us, but there was someone riding a bike on the other / wrong side of the road..(And, I COULD have walked in the "ditch"..) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagnu Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 20 hours ago, Scylla Rhiadra said: Well, ever since I read John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids as a young'un, I've had this barely masked terror of looking at weird sky phenomenon like meteor showers. Because maybe THIS is the one that will strike everyone around the globe blind, leading to the collapse of civilization, and unleashing terrifying man-eating plants upon a helpless population! Could happen! ...And I really got hot, when I saw Janette Scott, fight a Triffid that spits poison and kills... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 7 minutes ago, Bagnu said: ...And I really got hot, when I saw Janette Scott, fight a Triffid that spits poison and kills... Is that from a RHPS lyric? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagnu Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 2 minutes ago, Love Zhaoying said: Is that from a RHPS lyric? Yes!!! "Science Fiction Double Feature". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Rhiadra Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 17 minutes ago, Bagnu said: ...And I really got hot, when I saw Janette Scott, fight a Triffid that spits poison and kills... lol I'd forgotten about this. Confession: I've never seen the movie! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 2 minutes ago, Scylla Rhiadra said: lol I'd forgotten about this. Confession: I've never seen the movie! Be sure to watch the movie before considering watching the recent TV special (or Broadway version). Just a suggestion for the "best experience"! 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Rhiadra Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 1 minute ago, Love Zhaoying said: Be sure to watch the movie before considering watching the recent TV special (or Broadway version). Just a suggestion for the "best experience"! 🙂 There's a Broadway version?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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