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scalzi.com • 63 days ago

An astronomically important public service announcement

Reposted from Anna Hughes 🇨🇦

Think twice before gifting someone an M dwarf this holiday season

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snarkyturnip.bsky.social•63 days ago

That's why I only adopt O class supergiants

vigneron.bsky.social•63 days ago

I’m retired. I have lots of time to look after it! How often do you have to walk it?

epee.cc•63 days ago

But they're so cute when they're nebulae!

simonctremblay.bsky.social•63 days ago

If only Yun Tianming had known.

whoismeganclair.bsky.social•63 days ago

Ugh, the process to clean up after it, no thanks.

grussgott.bsky.social•63 days ago

Now I just need one of those giant bows ...

combatcavscout.bsky.social•63 days ago

Kardashev never warns you about that

redwoodhugger.bsky.social•63 days ago

Wow. I had never thought about it that way.

extropian.bsky.social•63 days ago

Now I need an M dwarf of my own

cyranic50.bsky.social•63 days ago

I stopped walking my Red Dwarf because it's cold outside, there's no kind of atmosphere, I'm all alone, (more or less)...

radbaron.bsky.social•63 days ago

How can you be alone when there's goldfish shoals, nibbling at your toes?

(oh my, originally wrote that as "goa'ldfish" , I'm getting my franchises farked up)

cyranic50.bsky.social•63 days ago

A goa'ldfish would be quite a (para)sight.

cyranic50.bsky.social•63 days ago

I want to lie drinking mango juice while the goldfish shoals nibble my toes, but the Red Dwarf isn't going to walk itself.

smn1.bsky.social•63 days ago

A blue giant is both a lot cooler (actually, much hotter) and you only need to walk it for a few million years tops

terrylong.bsky.social•63 days ago

Just be sure you're in a different star system when it collapses into a black hole.

vixolux.bsky.social•63 days ago

I just need one of those for my Ringworld.

athenahoeppener.bsky.social•63 days ago

Disappointed.

susanbeeha.bsky.social•63 days ago

mime666.bsky.social•63 days ago

I only adopt red giants from the rescue centre.

Better temperament and get to guide them through their dotage.

g-ill.bsky.social•63 days ago

🤔 3️⃣orders of magnitude longer than the entire universe is old?!

shaidorsai.bsky.social•63 days ago

Wow, way to put a damper on the "Name a Star After Someone" industry, dude.

dkbuddychrist.bsky.social•63 days ago

Counterpoint: I’m told many of these stars we see in the night sky already died millennia ago. So, no commitment really.

scalzi.com•63 days ago

Not the red dwarfs. If you can see them, they are practically in their infancy. Go for the big ones, the O and B class stars.

radbaron.bsky.social•63 days ago

I think I may have found a reply bot in the replies. Rick Springsteen may have sung about her.

scalzi.com•63 days ago

Got it.

thebabygoat.bsky.social•63 days ago

I promise I’ll feed it and walk it every day

sparrow70.bsky.social•63 days ago

😂

rmking.bsky.social•63 days ago

😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅

conditionsmayapply.bsky.social•63 days ago

And when you take it back to the shelter, they're totally going to shame you.

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