• BenLeMan@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    …and the atmosphere is still mostly nitrogen and oxygen, together with some Argon and other gases. 🧠 💨

  • BillyClark@piefed.social
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    The sun isn’t really setting, it’s just the Earth turning

    That’s what a sunset is. When the sun begins to become occluded by the horizon, for whatever reason.

    Usually “set” in the terms of putting down is a transitive verb. Like, “he is setting the bucket down.”

    “Sunset”, though is intransitive, right? The sun is setting. There is no reason to think that an intransitive verb must have the same definition as a transitive verb with the same spelling.

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      “Set” (v. intransitive) literally always refers to orbital bodies becoming occluded by a horizon. She knew this

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    11 hours ago

    This just reads as a girl who has feelings for a boy…but that boy is autistic, and she’s getting irritated by his autism. Meanwhile, he just thinks she’s an idiot.

    Edit: also, I can’t upvote, because it’s at 69 right now. Might upvote later.

  • X@piefed.world
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    10 hours ago

    The sun’s still in its first day, the Earth just keeps spinning around in it.