Current Events > coworker: "it's hot out, the sun is getting closer to the earth"

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me: "yeah, summer sucks"
her: "it has nothing to do with summer. the sun is getting closer and closer to earth. it's not as far away as when we were kids. in a few decades we'll all be burned up"

wat

Solar panels are actually solar magnets, the more we use the closer it pulls the planet to the sun.
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the sun is actually closer to the earth during winter
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I thought she meant the common misconception that the sun gets slightly closer in the summer and slightly further in the winter. What she actually meant is infinitely times more stupid.
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SoundNetwork posted...

the sun is actually closer to the earth during winter

i don't think she understands orbits >_>

the tilt of the earth causes seasons doe, not distance to the sun
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ThyCorndog posted...

the tilt of the earth causes seasons doe, not distance to the sun

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I mean, the sun is expanding to the point where it will engulf us in a few billion years right? So, she's technically right that it's getting closer I think.

Were_Wyrm posted...

Solar panels are actually solar magnets, the more we use the closer it pulls the planet to the sun.

Well, guess it's time to break out the lunar panels/magnets.

Surely if we pull Earth toward the moon this problem will be solved, since it's obvious the sun and moon are opposites.
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Your co-worker is right - the sun has been sucking the Earth into it's gravitational field for thousands of years. It will soon be completely absorbed and obliterated.
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REMercsChamp posted...

Your co-worker is right - the sun has been sucking the Earth into it's gravitational field for thousands of years. It will soon be completely absorbed and obliterated.

Actually the sun will become a white dwarf before that happens.
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REMercsChamp posted...

Your co-worker is right - the sun has been sucking the Earth into it's gravitational field for thousands of years. It will soon be completely absorbed and obliterated.

"thousands" technically true I guess since thousands times thousands can count as thousands

also the sun is gonna die before we fall into the sun. we are inevitably going to crash into it but it'll be billions of years before then and the earth would be devoid of life before then cause you know, the sun died
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ThyCorndog posted...

the tilt of the earth causes seasons doe, not distance to the sun

i didn't want to be the guy who responds to every technically incorrect observation with "actually, that's not true, it's because blah blah blah"

ThyCorndog posted...

REMercsChamp posted...

Your co-worker is right - the sun has been sucking the Earth into it's gravitational field for thousands of years. It will soon be completely absorbed and obliterated.

"thousands" technically true I guess since thousands times thousands can count as thousands

also the sun is gonna die before we fall into the sun. we are inevitably going to crash into it but it'll be billions of years before then and the earth would be devoid of life before then cause you know, the sun died

I always thought the sun would enter a red giant phase and expand enough in diameter to scorch the Earth long before it collapsed into a dwarf

treewojima posted...

ThyCorndog posted...

the tilt of the earth causes seasons doe, not distance to the sun

i didn't want to be the guy who responds to every technically incorrect observation with "actually, that's not true, it's because blah blah blah"

I mean, that's quite a bit more than just technically incorrect.
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:o oh lawd. and you had full rights to correct her there lol. Or just point and laugh.
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nah, she gets defensive when confronted with anything she perceives as criticism (like being told she's dead wrong), so I've learned to just say "okay, Verona" and "sure thing, Verona"

it's one thing if it pertains to work, but I didn't feel like getting her riled up

treewojima posted...

ThyCorndog posted...

REMercsChamp posted...

Your co-worker is right - the sun has been sucking the Earth into it's gravitational field for thousands of years. It will soon be completely absorbed and obliterated.

"thousands" technically true I guess since thousands times thousands can count as thousands

also the sun is gonna die before we fall into the sun. we are inevitably going to crash into it but it'll be billions of years before then and the earth would be devoid of life before then cause you know, the sun died

I always thought the sun would enter a red giant phase and expand enough in diameter to scorch the Earth long before it collapsed into a dwarf

you thought correctly, but I don't know if the actual rock and iron that makes up most of the earth would get destroyed. certainly whatever life is still around would be wiped out, as well as the atmosphere and any hope of future life
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The sun will eventually expand into a red giant and engulf the inner solar system, but that's literally billions of years from now.
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