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[-] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 78 points 2 months ago

Thanks to light pollution and pollution pollution just seeing the stars can be hard enough for many

[-] paraphrand@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

That doesn’t change the message.

[-] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago

True, just makes it harder to send

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

“Message not sent. Please connect to WiFi.”

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago

But the songs are in my library! I downloaded them! Why the fuck would I need an internet connection?!

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

This drives me bananas.

Google Translate: “Download the language packs for use offline.”

am offline

“Cannot connect to the internet.”

What was the fucking point??

[-] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

Feels like that would strengthen the message.

[-] mybuttnolie@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 months ago

i remember reading an article about a blackout in some big US city (can't remember which), and people called 911 because the sky looked scary. they could see the milky way for the first time.

[-] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I think it was LA? If I remember right people were calling and observatory and some people thought they were UFOs

[-] xspurnx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

This made me think of Asimov's Nightfall...

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

We can see a planet ot two, sometimes.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

we get venus a lot. she's bright.

[-] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 2 points 2 months ago

Government tried to reduce the amount of light pollution. People walking their dogs at night complained and many folks just didn't feel safe anymore without light everywhere.

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